This document discusses attacking Oracle web applications using Metasploit and the wXf framework. It begins with an introduction of the speaker and describes why Oracle middleware is prevalent yet often unpatched. It then demonstrates how to locate Oracle servers, find default content, and abuse vulnerabilities in default pages. Examples are given for attacking Oracle Internet Application Server, Portal, and E-Business Suite. The document shows Metasploit modules for brute forcing Oracle iSQLPlus SIDs and logins. It emphasizes removing default content, patching systems, and using web application firewalls for defense.
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SOURCE Boston --Attacking Oracle Web Applications with Metasploit & wXf
1. Attacking Oracle Web Applications
with Metasploit (and wXf)
Chris Gates
carnal0wnage
2. Whoami
• Chris Gates (CG)
– Twitter carnal0wnage
– Blog carnal0wnage.attackresearch.com
– Job Sr. Security Consultant for Rapid7
– Affiliations Attack Research, Metasploit Project
• Work
• Previous Talks
– wXf Web eXploitation Framework
– Open Source Information Gathering
– Attacking Oracle (via TNS)
– Client-Side Attacks
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3. Why Are We Here?
• Here to talk about attacking oracle web
applications (middleware)
• What’s out there and how prevalent it is
• Why so much of it is unpatched
• Demo Metasploit (and wXf) auxiliary
modules to find and attack it
• Not talking about XSS – but there’s plenty!
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7. You Pay For Patches & Updates
Most products are free downloads but you
pay for support and patches
• Back to complicated. Have you ever tried
to find anything on the Metalink site?
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13. Oracle does not release POC code
Oracle does not release POC code
Oracle does not support researchers releasing
code
“As a matter of policy, Oracle will not provide additional
information about the specifics of vulnerabilities beyond what
is provided in the CPU or Security Alert notification, the pre-
installation notes, the readme files, and FAQs. Oracle provides
all customers with the same information in order to protect all
customers equally. Oracle will not provide advance notification
or "insider information" on CPU or Security Alerts to individual
customers. Finally, Oracle does not develop or distribute
active exploit code (or "proof of concept code") for
vulnerabilities in our products.”
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alerts-086861.html
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14. Difficult patch / upgrade processes
Complex applications breeds a “If it works don't
touch it” mentality
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15. Database Security Companies Don’t Share Info
Sorry, I have no *proof* of this, but go look at
their latest advisories and CPU analysis
• http://www.cvedetails.com/vendor/93/Oracle.html
To see what the rest of us get left to work with
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24. What is Oracle Middleware?
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Oracle E-Business Suite*
Oracle Application Server 9i/10g/11i**
Oracle Reports/Forms
Oracle Portal
Oracle Financials/Supplier/Recruitment
For Oracle lots of different products…
For this talk I’m going to lump them all together
as “web applications”
*Technically Oracle considers E-Business Suite an “application” as it rides on top of OAS
**weblogic
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25. Market Share
Big list of customers
http://www.oracle.com/customers/cust_list_atoz.html
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26. Reach
By now we should agree there's a lot of Oracle
out there...
That's good right?
Except a lot of it is un-patched and vulnerable
And all ERP and sensitive sites are internal
right?
Should we be worried about all the exposed
Oracle?
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28. Locating Oracle Servers
Numerous server header strings:
www.owasp.org/index.php/Testing_for_
Oracle
Solution:
oracle_version_scanner.rb
http_version does this too (just tells you
all headers, not just Oracle)
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30. Finding Default Content
First step is to find useful “stuff”
Google/Bing useful (Google Dorks)
Issue is how to find content internal or
when its not indexed
Solution:
oracle_oas_scan.rb
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31. Finding Default Content
• oracle_oas_scan looks for interesting pages related to
oracle application servers & tries to tell you why its
important.
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32. Did You Know?
Most Oracle Middleware applications
come with lots of default content
Must be manually removed (no patch to
remove content)
Must know exactly where and what files
to delete
Tons of information disclosure
Sometimes exploitation potential or
credential leakage
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33. Abusing Default Content Examples (DB)
• /demo/sql/jdbc/JDBCQuery.jsp
• Ships with Oracle 9.2 Database and installed by default
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34. Abusing Default Content Examples (DB)
• /demo/sql/jdbc/JDBCQuery.jsp
• Select sys.database_name
• '1'='2' UNION SELECT sys.database_name, -500 FROM Dual
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35. Abusing Default Content Examples (DB)
• /demo/sql/jdbc/JDBCQuery.jsp
• Select sys.database_name
• '1'='2' UNION SELECT sys.login_user, -500 FROM Dual
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36. Abusing Default Content Examples (OAS)
• Oracle Application Server 10g DAV Authentication Bypass
CVE-2008-2138
• /dav_portal/portal/ directory is protected using basic
authentication. It is possible to bypass and access content
of dav_portal by adding a specially crafted cookie value in
the http request header.
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41. Abusing Default Content Examples (OAS)
• /xsql/adhocsql/sqltoxml.html
• Now in all fairness, this one usually doesn't
work...db usually isn't set up. But sometimes it is :-)
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59. Fun E-Business Vulns
• http://www.hacktics.com/content/advisories/AdvORA200
91214.html
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60. Fun E-Business Vulns
• http://www.slideshare.net/rootedcon/joxean-koret-
hackproofing-oracle-financials-11i-r12-rootedcon-2010
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61. Defenses
• Use my scanners (or for-pay oracle
scanners) and remove default content
• Mod_rewrite rules may help redirect
malicious requests for E-Business.
• Patch
• Am I big weenie if I recommend a WAF?
– Caveat, I have NO idea if WAFs check for any of
this stuff (but I hope they do)
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62. Oracle iSQLPlus
• Web-based interface to the TNS Listener
– Available on Oracle Database 9 & 10
isqlplus_sidbrute
isqlplus_login
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63. Oracle iSQLPlus
isqlplus_sidbrute.rb
Different POST requests for 9 vs 10
Module fingerprints version and chooses correct POST
Uses SID list already in Metasploit
Using error message returned by Oracle determines valid SID
Wrong SID:
ORA-12154: TNS: could not resolve service name
Right SID (wrong password):
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
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66. Oracle iSQLPlus
isqlplus_sidbrute.rb
Added bonus, by default iSQLPlus authenticates to the first SID in
the tnsnames.ora file. This means we can pass no SID and it will
try to auth to the top SID in the tnsnames.ora file
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67. Oracle iSQLPlus
isqlplus_sidbrute.rb
Added bonus, by default isqlplus (9 & 10) authenticates to the
first SID in the tnsnames.ora file. This means we can pass no SID
and it will try to auth to the top SID in the tnsnames.ora file
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68. Oracle iSQLPlus
isqlplus_login.rb
Once we have a valid SID start checking for default user/pass
accounts
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70. Oracle iSQLPlus
isqlplus_login.rb
Works on Oracle DB 10 as well
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71. Defenses
• If you aren’t using...Remove it
• Why someone put full database access inside a web app
with just a user/pass is beyond me.
• Removed in 11g
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72. Oracle Portal
Web based PL/SQL applications are enabled by the PL/SQL
Gateway, which is the component that translates web
requests into database queries.
Products that use the PL/SQL Gateway include, but are not
limited to, the Oracle HTTP Server, eBusiness Suite, Portal,
HTMLDB, WebDB and Oracle Application Server
Several software implementations, ranging from the early
web listener product to the Apache mod_plsql module to the
XML Database (XDB) web server.
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74. Oracle Portal
• Essentially the PL/SQL Gateway simply acts as a proxy
server taking the user's web request and passes it on to
the database server where it is executed.
1. The web server accepts a request from a web client and determines
if it should be processed by the PL/SQL Gateway.
2. The PL/SQL Gateway processes the request by extracting the
requested package name, procedure, and variables.
3. The requested package and procedure are wrapped in a block of
anonymous PL/SQL, and sent to the database server.
4. The database server executes the procedure and sends the results
back to the Gateway as HTML.
5. The gateway sends the response, via the web server, back to the
client.
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75. Oracle Portal
URLs for PL/SQL web applications are normally easily
recognizable and generally start with the following
http://www.example.com/pls/xyz
http://www.example.com/xyz/owa
http://www.example.com/xyz/portal
In this URL, xyz is the Database Access Descriptor, or
DAD. A DAD specifies information about the database
server so that the PL/SQL Gateway can connect. It
contains information such as the TNS connect string, the
user ID and password, authentication methods, etc
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77. Oracle Portal
• Database Access Descriptors
Similar to SIDs, required to interact with the
portal.
Lots of defaults but can be anything alphanumeric
Common Defaults:
SIMPLEDAD ORASSO
HTMLDB SSODAD
PORTAL PORTAL2
PORTAL30 PORTAL30_SSO
DAD OWA
PROD APP
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78. Oracle Portal
• oas_cgi_scan will find common Portal instances
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79. Oracle Portal
• oas_cgi_scan will find common Portal instances
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80. Oracle Portal
• oas_cgi_scan will find common Portal instances
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81. Oracle DAD Scanner
• oracle_dad_scanner.rb
– Scans for common Oracle DADs
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82. Oracle DAD Scanner
• oracle_dad_scanner.rb
– Scans for common Oracle DADs
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83. Oracle DAD Scanner
• oracle_dad_scanner.rb
– Scans for common Oracle DADs
– Set VERBOSE to false to just see found DADs
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85. Oracle Portal
• Verify mod_plsql gateway is running
• Null is valid function and should return a 200
• Something random is not, and should return a 404
– http://www.example.com/pls/dad/null
– http://www.example.com/pls/dad/nosuchfunction
• If the server responds with a 200 OK response for the first
and a 404 Not Found for the second then it indicates that
the server is running the PL/SQL Gateway.
• http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Testing_for_Oracle
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87. Oracle Portal
• It is possible to exploit vulnerabilities in the PL/SQL
packages that are installed by default in the database
server. How you do this depends on the version of the
PL/SQL Gateway.
• Examples:
– http://www.example.com/pls/dad/OWA_UTIL.CELLSPRINT?
P_THEQUERY=SELECT+USERNAME+FROM+ALL_USERS
– http://www.example.com/pls/dad/CXTSYS.DRILOAD.VALIDATE_ST
MT?SQLSTMT=SELECT+1+FROM+DUAL
– http://server.example.com/pls/dad/orasso.home?);execute+imm
ediate+:1;--=select+1+from+dual
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88. Oracle Portal Exploitation
• oracle_modplsql_pwncheck.rb
• Test the various PL/SQL gateway exploit methods
• Based on notsosecure.com’s oap.pl http://code.google.com/p/oaphacker/
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89. Oracle Portal Exploitation
• oracle_modplsql_pwncheck.rb
• Test the various PL/SQL gateway exploit methods
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96. Defenses
• Stop here…
• The rest is just for fun.
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97. Oracle Portal Exploitation
• But I want shell! Or at least access to tasty data
• Next step is to escalate to DBA via privilege escalation, see
oracle Defcon 17 talk...
• Dependent on backend database version....if its patched,
you're out of luck
• Most functions run as PORTAL_PUBLIC user who is a limited
account
• However, some functions run as PORTAL user who is DBA
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98. Oracle Portal Exploitation
• SQL Injection in function owned by PORTAL
• http://server/portal/pls/portal/PORTAL.wwexp_api_engine.action?p_otype=FO
LDER&p_octx=FOLDERMAP.1_6&p_datasource_data=document.SEARCH23915_
PAGESEARCH_146202305.ft&p_datasource_data=document.SEARCH23915_PAG
ESEARCH_146202305.fi&p_datasource_data=document.SEARCH23915_PAGESE
ARCH_146202305.fs&p_datasource_data=nls_sub_domain%3Dtext%2Cnls_nam
e%3Dfolderplpopup&p_domain=wwc&p_sub_domain=FOLDERMAP&p_back_ur
l=PORTAL.wwexp_render.show_tree%3Fp_otype%3DSITEMAP%26p_domain%3
Dwwc%26p_sub_domain%3DFOLDERMAP%26p_headerimage%3D%2Fimages%
2Fbhfind2.gif%26p_show_banner%3DNO%26p_show_cancel%3DNO%26p_title
%3DBrowse%2520Pages%26p_open_item%3D%26p_open_items%3D0.SITEMAP
.FOLDERMAP.0_-
1&p_action=show(wwexp_datatype.g_exp_param);execute%20immediate%20'
grant dba to public';end;--
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111. Where To Get The Code
• iSQL*Plus modules are in the trunk now
• MSF Modules
– https://github.com/carnal0wnage/carnal0wnage-code
• Also in wXf (Web eXploitation Framework)
– https://github.com/WebExploitationFramework/wXf
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