TP-Link IP Cameras Firmware 1.6.18P12 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

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TP-Link IP Cameras Multiple Vulnerabilities



1. *Advisory Information*



Title: TP-Link IP Cameras Multiple Vulnerabilities

Advisory ID: CORE-2013-0318

Advisory URL:

http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/tp-link-IP-cameras-multiple-vulnerabilities

Date published: 2013-05-28

Date of last update: 2013-05-28

Vendors contacted: TP-Link

Release mode: Coordinated release



2. *Vulnerability Information*



Class: Use of hard-coded credentials [CWE-798], OS command injection

[CWE-78]

Impact: Code execution, Security bypass

Remotely Exploitable: Yes

Locally Exploitable: No

CVE Name: CVE-2013-2572, CVE-2013-2573



3. *Vulnerability Description*



Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in TP-Link IP cameras based on

firmware v1.6.18P12 and below, that could allow an unauthenticated

remote attacker:



   1. [CVE-2013-2572] to bypass user web interface authentication using

hard-coded credentials.

   2. [CVE-2013-2573] to execute arbitrary commands from the

administration web interface. This flaw can also be used to obtain all

credentials of registered users.



4. *Vulnerable Packages*



   . TP-Link IP cameras based on firmware v1.6.18P12 and below.

Tests and PoC were run on:



   . TL-SC 3130 [CVE-2013-2572] works with this device only

   . TL-SC 3130G

   . TL-SC 3171G

   . TL-SC 4171G



Other TP-Link cameras and firmware versions are probably affected too,

but they were not checked.



5. *Vendor Information, Solutions and Workarounds*



Vendor provides the links to patched firmware versions. This software is

*beta*, TP-Link will release the final versions with release notes and

some new functions and fixes in the following days.



   . http://www.tp-link.com/resources/software/TL-SC3430_V1_130527.zip

   . http://www.tp-link.com/resources/software/TL-SC3430N_V1_130527.zip

   . http://www.tp-link.com/resources/software/TL-SC3130_V1_130527.zip

   . http://www.tp-link.com/resources/software/TL-SC3130G_V1_130527.zip

   . http://www.tp-link.com/resources/software/TL-SC3171_V1_130527.zip

   . http://www.tp-link.com/resources/software/TL-SC3171G_V1_130527.zip

   . http://www.tp-link.com/resources/software/TL-SC4171G_V1_130527.zip



6. *Credits*



These vulnerabilities were discovered and researched by Nahuel Riva and

Francisco Falcon from Core Exploit Writers Team. The publication of this

advisory was coordinated by Fernando Miranda from Core Advisories Team.



7. *Technical Description / Proof of Concept Code*



7.1. *Hard-Coded Credentials in Administrative Web Interface*



[CVE-2013-2572] TP-Link IP cameras use the Boa web server [1], a popular

tiny server for embedded Linux devices. 'boa.conf' is the Boa

configuration file, and the following account can be found inside:



/-----

# MFT: Specify manufacture commands user name and password

MFT manufacture erutcafunam

-----/



This account is not visible from the user web interface; users are not

aware of the existence and cannot eliminate it. Through this account it

is possible to access two CGI files located in '/cgi-bin/mft/':



   1. 'manufacture.cgi'

   2. 'wireless_mft.cgi'



The last file contains the OS command injection showed in the following

section.



7.2. *OS Command Injection in wireless_mft.cgi*



[CVE-2013-2573] The file '/cgi-bin/mft/wireless_mft.cgi', has an OS

command injection in the parameter 'ap' that can be exploited using the

hard-coded credentials showed in the previous section:



/-----

username: manufacture

password: erutcafunam

-----/



The following proof of concept copies the file where the user

credentials are stored in the web server root directory:



/-----

http://192.168.1.100/cgi-bin/mft/wireless_mft?ap=travesti;cp%20/var/www/secret.passwd%20/web/html/credenciales

-----/



Afterwards, the user credentials can be obtained by requesting:



/-----

http://192.168.1.100/credenciales

-----/



8. *Report Timeline*



. 2013-04-29:

Core Security Technologies notifies the TP-Link Customer Support of the

vulnerabilities. Publication date is set for May 28th, 2013.



. 2013-04-30:

TP-Link team asks for a report with technical information.



. 2013-05-02:

Technical details sent to TP-Link.



. 2013-05-12:

Vendor notifies that a new firmware will be released around May 20th.



. 2013-05-16:

Core asks vendor if they are ready for coordinated public disclosure on

May 20th.



. 2013-05-17:

Vendor notifies that they have fixed the firmware but the testing

process won't be ready before May 24th.



. 2013-05-20:

Core notifies that the advisory publication was re-scheduled for Monday

27th.



. 2013-05-23:

Vendor sends a copy of the beta firmware in order to confirm if issues

were fixed.



. 2013-05-27:

Vendor notifies that consumers are able to download the Beta firmware

from TP-Link website. The final release will be made public in the

following days, and will increase some new functions.



. 2013-05-28:

Advisory CORE-2013-0318 published.



9. *References*



[1] http://www.boa.org/.



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