Re: Remote code execution exploit found in Log4j .....

Brad,

They don't need credentials because the malicious code runs in the same
context as the Java app with a vulnerable version of log4j.

The full vulnerability, older JVM + log4j2, is really bad as the
malicious actor gets to load & run his/her own code from a remote server.

As I understand it, with a newer JVM, it's not quite as bad, given that the
malicious actor has to find and mis-use a local java class; however, From
https://mbechler.github.io/2021/12/10/PSA_Log4Shell_JNDI_Injection/

References and object construction with factories are still supported,
just remote codebases are prohibited. Michael Stepankin in
https://www.veracode.com/blog/research/exploiting-jndi-injections-java

describes

how the Apache XBean *BeanFactory* can be used in a returned Reference to
achieve code execution. This class has to be locally available on the
targeted system, however, it is for example included in Apache Tomcat. If
your application runs in Tomcat, bad luck.
https://github.com/veracode-research/rogue-jndi also has another vector
for WebSphere.

Now I am not a Java guru, nor have I really spent any time working on how
to maliciously work an IBM i...so I can't give you a step by step or a hard
example. But I can say that my repo on our dev box with code for running
Apache Camel & Kafka on the IBM i popped up on our security teams radar.

Luckily, most malicious actors concentrate on Windows/Linux. But I'm
willing to bet some of them are familiar with the IBM i.

Charles


On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 1:38 PM Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks for clipping this from my post:

Not a hypothetical.. real world. Maybe if you found it on your system..
step us through how someone could cause harm without having credentials

to

your system.

Thanks..... maybe there will be another TP shortage because of this...

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 12:50 PM Jack Woehr via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 11:40 AM Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Anyone care to share a real world example of how this would hurt

someone

on

the IBM i? From what I understand it requires a lot of variables...

one

being that the attacker needs to be able to inject commands into the
logger.

https://www.fastly.com/blog/digging-deeper-into-log4shell-0day-rce-exploit-found-in-log4j

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