Wiki source code of Engine_XalanJ

Version 73.1 by Nicolas Gregoire on 2012/01/17 09:27
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Nicolas Gregoire 69.1 1 {{toc/}}
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3 = Introduction =
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Nicolas Gregoire 1.1 5 [[Xalan-J>>http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/||rel="__blank" title="Xalan-J Home Page"]] is a Java based XSLT engine by the Apache Project.
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Nicolas Gregoire 69.1 7 = Supported version =
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Nicolas Gregoire 19.1 9 1.0
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Nicolas Gregoire 69.1 11 = Command line =
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Nicolas Gregoire 18.1 13 $> java org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process -in foo.xml -xsl foo.xsl
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Nicolas Gregoire 20.1 15 __Note__ : xml-apis.jar, xercesImpl.jar and xalan*.jar must be in the $CLASSPATH
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Nicolas Gregoire 69.1 17 = Identification strings =
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Nicolas Gregoire 22.1 19 |=xsl:vendor-url|http:~/~/xml.apache.org/xalan-j
20 |=xsl:vendor|Apache Software Foundation
21 |=xsl:version|1.0
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Nicolas Gregoire 69.1 23 = Special features =
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Nicolas Gregoire 38.1 25 * Java properties disclosure
26 * Java environment disclosure
27 * Java code execution
Nicolas Gregoire 43.1 28 * OS command execution
Nicolas Gregoire 1.1 29 * File creation
30 * JDBC connectivity
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Nicolas Gregoire 69.1 32 = Java properties disclosure =
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Nicolas Gregoire 37.1 34 The xsl:system-property() standard function can be called with non standard arguments, mapped to Java properties. In this example, the name of the Java properties is stored in a separate XML file ([[properties.xml>>attach:properties.xml]]). The XSLT code will, for each property, display its name and its value.
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Nicolas Gregoire 37.1 36 |=Namespace|=Function|=PoC|=Sample output
37 |http:~/~/www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform|system-property()|[[xalanj-java-properties.xsl>>attach:xalanj-java-properties.xsl]]|[[xalanj-java-properties-output.txt>>attach:xalanj-java-properties-output.txt]]
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Nicolas Gregoire 69.1 39 = Java environment disclosure =
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Nicolas Gregoire 39.1 41 The checkEnvironment() extension function (documented [[here>>http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/faq.html#faq-N10064||rel="__blank"]]) will display some information about the execution context (including available packages, paths, versions, ...).
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Nicolas Gregoire 32.1 43 |=Namespace|=Extension function|=PoC|=Sample output
Nicolas Gregoire 33.1 44 |http:~/~/xml.apache.org/xalan|checkEnvironment()|[[xalanj-checkenv.xsl>>attach:xalanj-checkenv.xsl]]|[[xalanj-checkenv-output.txt>>attach:xalanj-checkenv-output.txt]]
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Nicolas Gregoire 69.1 46 = Java code execution =
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Nicolas Gregoire 33.1 48 The attached code will display the current date using a newly created "java.util.Date" object. This should be enough to demonstrate Java code execution.
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Nicolas Gregoire 33.1 50 |=Namespace|=Extension function|=PoC|=Sample output
Nicolas Gregoire 34.1 51 |http:~/~/xml.apache.org/xalan/java/java.util.Date|new()|[[xalanj-java-date.xsl>>attach:xalanj-java-date.xsl]]|Current date:
52 Wed Jan 11 22:45:07 CET 2012
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Nicolas Gregoire 69.1 54 = OS command execution =
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Nicolas Gregoire 64.1 56 Once Java code execution is possible, it is trivial to execute arbitrary OS commands using the java.lang.Runtime class.
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Nicolas Gregoire 69.1 58 == Command without output ==
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60 The attached PoC will not read the output of the executed command (because loops are hard in XSLT). But this is not a problem if a reverse-shell have already been started, isn't it ;-)
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Nicolas Gregoire 52.1 62 |=Namespace|=Extension functions|=PoC
Nicolas Gregoire 53.1 63 |http:~/~/xml.apache.org/xalan/java|split(), getRuntime(), exec() and toString()|[[xalanj-reverse-bash.xsl>>attach:xalanj-reverse-bash.xsl]]
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Nicolas Gregoire 53.1 65 __Note__ : as arrays are not a native type in XSLT, we create one in Java via split() before passing it as an argument to [[exec(String[] cmdarray)>>http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Runtime.html#exec(java.lang.String[])||rel="__blank"]].
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Nicolas Gregoire 69.1 67 == Reading stdout ==
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Nicolas Gregoire 68.1 69 As the output have an unknown number of lines, we must use a __loop__ construct like "while" ... which is not available in XSLT. This limitation is due to the functional programming paradigm but can be circumvented using templates and recursion. This way, we can also __update__ some variables, but the syntax is awful and error prone.
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Nicolas Gregoire 68.1 71 It's far more efficient to 1) write loops using non-standard elements like <loop:while> and <loop:update> 2) convert them in stylesheets using only templates and recursion. This conversion can be done with a tool like the [[XSLT Loop Compiler>>http://www2.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~~obecker/XSLT/loop-compiler/||rel="__blank"]] (which is itself in XSLT).
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Nicolas Gregoire 68.1 73 The following PoC will fetch some commands from a XML file, execute them (with bash or cmd.exe depending on the detected OS), read the standard output and display it. The file with a "lxsl" extension uses the non-standard <loop:*> elements and is far more readable than the "xsl" one.
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Nicolas Gregoire 66.1 75 |=Using non standards elements|=Using recursion and templates|=Commands to execute|=Output
Nicolas Gregoire 68.1 76 |[[xalanj-reading-stdout.lxsl>>attach:xalanj-reading-stdout.lxsl]]|[[xalanj-reading-stdout.xsl>>attach:xalanj-reading-stdout.xsl]]|[[unix_commands.xml>>attach:unix_commands.xml]]|[[xalanj-reading-stdout.txt>>attach:xalanj-reading-stdout.txt]]
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Nicolas Gregoire 68.1 78 It is of course possible to include commands for multiples OS in one file and to execute only the relevant ones.
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Nicolas Gregoire 71.1 80 = Pure Java reverse-shell =
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Nicolas Gregoire 65.1 82 It is afaik not possible to get a pure Java reverse-shell, as we can't create threads :-(
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Nicolas Gregoire 72.1 84 {{warning}}
85 TODO : javapayload => loading arbitrary byte code (aka classes) via reflection
Nicolas Gregoire 73.1 86 $> java javapayload.builder.Builder Template XalanJ.xsl bind-jsh-4444.xsl BindTCP 127.0.0.1 4444 - - JSh
Nicolas Gregoire 72.1 87 Check supported versions of Xalan !
88 {{/warning}}
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Nicolas Gregoire 69.1 90 = File creation =
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Nicolas Gregoire 57.2 92 The "write" extension element allows to create files on the engine side. The content written to the file must be valid UTF-8 (so plain ASCII works too). Existing files can be overwritten.
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Nicolas Gregoire 55.1 94 |=Namespace|=Extension element|=Parameter|=PoC
Nicolas Gregoire 57.1 95 |http:~/~/xml.apache.org/xalan/redirect|write|file|[[xalanj-write.xsl>>attach:xalanj-write.xsl]]
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Nicolas Gregoire 69.1 97 = JDBC connectivity =
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Nicolas Gregoire 63.1 99 It is possible to use XSLT to connect to any database having a corresponding installed JDBC driver.
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Nicolas Gregoire 69.1 101 == Simple connection ==
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103 The [[xalanj-jdbc-query.xsl>>attach:xalanj-jdbc-query.xsl]] PoC simply connects to a local MySQL database using some hard-coded credentials, executes a query and displays the result.
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Nicolas Gregoire 59.1 105 |=Namespace|=Extension function|=PoC
106 |org.apache.xalan.lib.sql.XConnection|new(), query() and close()|[[xalanj-jdbc-query.xsl>>attach:xalanj-jdbc-query.xsl]]
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Nicolas Gregoire 69.1 108 == Credentials brute-forcing ==
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110 The [[xalanj-jdbc-bruteforce.xsl>>attach:xalanj-jdbc-bruteforce.xsl]] file will read some tuples (JDBC driver, database URL, username, passsword) from a XML file ([[xalanj-jdbc-bruteforce.xml>>attach:xalanj-jdbc-bruteforce.xml]]) and try to login with each one, effectively brute-forcing credentials from the engine side (usually on the backend ;-).
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Nicolas Gregoire 60.1 113 Here's the output when launched from the CLI :
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115 ##$> java org.apache.xalan.xslt.Process -in xalanj-jdbc-bruteforce.xml -xsl xalanj-jdbc-bruteforce.xsl 2> /dev/null
Nicolas Gregoire 60.1 116 Username : [root] / Password : [] :
117 Username : [root] / Password : [uberpasswd] :
118 Username : [root] / Password : [cnam] : OK !!
Nicolas Gregoire 61.1 119 Username : [pma] / Password : [pma] : ##