{"id":7406,"date":"2022-03-31T12:25:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T19:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdev.securin.xyz\/?p=7406"},"modified":"2024-04-29T11:14:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:14:55","slug":"spring4shell-the-next-log4j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webdev.securin.xyz\/articles\/spring4shell-the-next-log4j\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring4Shell (CVE-2022-22965): Are you vulnerable to this Zero Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A zero-day RCE vulnerability, CVE-2022-22965, in Java Spring Core library is predicted to be the next Log4j. Are you prepared for the impending Spring4Shell threat?<\/strong><\/p>

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On March 30, 2022, a now-deleted Twitter post detailing the proof-of-concept of a zero-day vulnerability in Java Spring Core<\/strong>, set security wheels rolling across the world. The vulnerability, now tagged as CVE-2022-22965, can be exploited to execute custom code remotely (RCE) by attackers, and has started to see exploitation in the wild<\/strong>. Its vendor, Spring by VMWare, assigns the vulnerability a critical severity.<\/p>

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Update:<\/strong> Incidents of CVE-2022-22965 being exploited are slowly materializing day by day. Microsoft detected<\/a> a low volume of exploitation attempts across its cloud services. The Spring4Shell exploit is leveraged by the Mirai malware<\/a> to infect vulnerable web servers to launch DDoS attacks. Research<\/a> shows that one of out six organizations impacted by Spring4Shell are falling victim to threat actors.<\/p>

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Spring Core<\/strong> is an open source\u00a0application framework and an inversion of control container, whose core features can be used by Java applications. The lightweight library is a popular tool of choice as it allows developers to build robust applications on existing infrastructure, quickly and with reduced effort, without having to worry about deployment environments. Over 500 companies reportedly use Spring in their tech stacks.<\/p>

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With organizations still reeling under the aftermath of the Apache Log4Shell<\/a> incident, Securin\u2019s researchers predict that the Spring Core exploit, being dubbed as Spring4Shell, has the potential to be the next Log4j<\/strong>. The Spring4Shell vulnerability affects Spring Core versions <=5.3.17, and our research is underway to understand the true magnitude of the weakness. The vulnerability is believed to be a bypass<\/a> for CVE-2010-1622<\/a>, a code injection weakness in Spring framework and Oracle Fusion Middleware.<\/p>

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The Spring4Shell is not to be confused with CVE-2022-22963, an RCE in Spring Cloud component, which was also trending recently and is believed to be significantly less harmful.<\/em><\/p>

Spring4Shell is now part of CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities<\/a> list as well, re-affirming\u00a0the need for all organizations to patch this highly trending vulnerability on priority.<\/p><\/blockquote>

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Detection Script<\/h2>

The issue with exposures of this nature is that it is difficult to comprehend if an organization is vulnerable to the exploit. In order to overcome this, Securin researchers have put together a detection script to identify exposure to the Spring4Shell attacks.<\/p>

import argparse
import sys
import requests
import time
from urllib.parse import urljoin<\/p>

requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()<\/p>

def VersionCheck(url,debug=False,ver=False):
if ver:
print(“[<>] Performing Version Detection…!\\n”)
try:
check = requests.head(url,timeout=15,allow_redirects=False, verify=False)
if check.status_code == 200:
if “X-Powered-By” in check.headers:
if check.headers[‘X-Powered-By’] == ‘ASP.NET’:
print(“Runs on ASP.NET”)
if ‘X-AspNet-Version’ in check.headers:
print(‘Version: ‘ + check.headers[‘X-AspNet-Version’])
else:
print(‘Banner Grabbing did not work\\n’)
else:
print(‘Status code: ‘ + check.status_code + ‘\\n Exiting!’)
exit(0)
except:
if debug:
print(“[-] Some error occured. Detection Failed…!”)
print(“Error: ” + str(e))
else:
print(“[-] Some error occured. Detection Failed…! Use –debug to print the error.\\n”)
pass<\/p>

def Detect(url,post=True,get=False,debug=False,json=False):
proxies = {
‘http’:’http:\/\/127.0.0.1:8080′,
‘https’:’http:\/\/127.0.0.1:8080′
}
if json:<\/p>

headers = {
“Content-Type”: “application\/json”
}
data = ‘{“class.module.classLoader.URLs[0]”=”0”}’<\/p>

try:
print(“[<>] Testing for Spring4Shell…!\\n”)
# if get:
# \u00a0 \u00a0 print(“Using GET Method”)
# \u00a0 \u00a0 post = False
# \u00a0 \u00a0 response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, data=data,
# \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0timeout=15, allow_redirects=False, verify=False)<\/p>

# if response.status_code == 400:
# \u00a0 \u00a0 print(“[+] Vulnerable!”)
# else:
# \u00a0 \u00a0 print(“[-] Not likely”)
if post:
print(“Using POST Method”)
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=data,
timeout=15, allow_redirects=False, verify=False, proxies=proxies)<\/p>

if response.status_code == 400:
print(“[+] Vulnerable!”)
else:
print(“[-] Not likely”)<\/p>

except Exception as e:
if debug:
print(“[-] Some error occured. Detection Failed…!”)
print(“Error: ” + str(e))
else:
print(“[-] Some error occured. Detection Failed…! Use –debug to print the error.\\n”)
pass
else:
print(json)
headers = {
“Content-Type”: “application\/x-www-form-urlencoded”
}
data = “class.module.classLoader.URLs[0]=0”
try:
print(“[<>] Testing for Spring4Shell…!\\n”)
if get:
print(“Using GET Method”)
post = False
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, data=data,
timeout=15, allow_redirects=False, verify=False)<\/p>

if response.status_code == 400:
print(“[+] Vulnerable!”)
else:
print(“[-] Not likely”)
if post:
print(“Using POST Method”)
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=data,
timeout=15, allow_redirects=False, verify=False, proxies=proxies)<\/p>

if response.status_code == 400:
print(“[+] Vulnerable!”)
else:
print(“[-] Not likely”)<\/p>

except Exception as e:
if debug:
print(“[-] Some error occured. Detection Failed…!”)
print(“Error: ” + str(e))
else:
print(“[-] Some error occured. Detection Failed…! Use –debug to print the error.\\n”)
pass<\/p>

def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=’Spring-Core Rce.’)
parser.add_argument(‘–file’,help=’File containing Form Endpoints’,required=False)
parser.add_argument(‘–url’,help=’target Form Endpoints’,required=True)
parser.add_argument(‘–debug’,help=’Print errors’,action=”store_true”,required=False)
parser.add_argument(‘–get’,help=’Use Get Method’,action=”store_true”,required=False)
parser.add_argument(‘–post’,help=’Use Post Method’,action=”store_true”,required=False)
parser.add_argument(‘–ver’,help=’Perform Version Detection’,action=”store_true”,required=False)
parser.add_argument(‘–json’,help=’Use JSON Object’,action=”store_true”,required=False)
args = parser.parse_args()<\/p>

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
parser.print_help()
exit(0)<\/p>

if args.url:
if not(args.get) and not(args.post):
print(‘Enter Request Method..!’)
parser.print_help()
exit(0)
else:
VersionCheck(args.url,args.debug,args.ver)
Detect(args.url,args.post,args.get,args.debug,args.json)
if args.file:
with open (args.file) as f:
for i in f.readlines():
i = i.strip()
Detect(i,args.url,args.post,args.get,args.debug,args.json)
VersionCheck(i,args.url,args.debug,args.ver)<\/p>

if __name__ == ‘__main__’:
main()<\/p><\/div>

Complete details about the script can be obtained here<\/a>. The enhanced version can handle JSON responses as well.<\/p>

Organizations now have a way of predicting and addressing the Spring4Shell exposure before the issue gets out of hand.<\/strong><\/p>

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Exploit Script<\/h2>

The Securin research team has also put together a code that can exploit CVE-2022-22965. The script includes a local authenticated check as well!<\/p>

Check out the script <\/a>here<\/a>. Understand the impact an attacker can create, if the vulnerability is exploited.<\/p>

Here is a video that demonstrates how to execute the exploit code.<\/strong><\/p>