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Mysterious disclosure of a zero-day RCE flaw Spring4Shell in Spring

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2022

An unauthenticated zero-day RCE vulnerability in the Spring Core Java framework called ‘Spring4Shell’ has been publicly disclosed.

Researchers disclosed a zero-day vulnerability, dubbed Spring4Shell, in the Spring Core Java framework called ‘Spring4Shell.’ An unauthenticated, remote attacker could trigger the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the target system. The framework is currently maintained by Spring.io which is a subsidiary of VMware.

The Spring Framework is an application framework and inversion of control container for the Java platform. The framework’s core features can be used by any Java application, but there are extensions for building web applications on top of the Java EE (Enterprise Edition) platform.

The vulnerability was disclosed after a Chinese security researcher published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit before deleting its account (helloexp).

A Java Springcore RCE 0day exploit has been leaked. It was leaked by a Chinese security researcher who, since sharing and/or leaking it, has deleted their Twitter account.

We have not verified the exploit.

tl;dr big if true

Download the 0day POC here: https://t.co/SgPCdI00TS

— vx-underground (@vxunderground) March 30, 2022

“The exploit code targeted a zero-day vulnerability in the Spring Core module of the Spring Framework. Spring is maintained by Spring.io (a subsidiary of VMWare) and is used by many Java-based enterprise software frameworks.” reported the analysis published by Rapid7. “The vulnerability in the leaked proof of concept, which appeared to allow unauthenticated attackers to execute code on target systems, was quickly deleted.”

The flaw has yet to be patched and impacts Spring Core on Java Development Kit (JDK) versions 9 and later. The vulnerability is a bypass for another vulnerability tracked as CVE-2010-1622.

https://twitter.com/th3_protoCOL/status/1509201539461619715

Rapid7 researchers pointed out that the vulnerability (and proof of concept) could be triggered only when a specific functionality is used. The exploit code released by the Chinese researchers is not related to a “completely different” unauthenticated RCE flaw that was published on March 29, 2022 for Spring Cloud.

“Proof-of-concept exploits exist, but it’s currently unclear which real-world applications use the vulnerable functionality. Configuration and JRE version may also be significant factors in exploitability and the likelihood of widespread exploitation.” continues Rapid7.

The analysis of the flaw suggests that its impact may not be severe like other issues, like Log4J.

“Exploitation requires an endpoint with DataBinder enabled (e.g. a POST request that decodes data from the request body automatically) and depends heavily on the servlet container for the application,” reads the analysis published by cybersecurity firm Praetorian.

Security researchers that tested the Spring4Shell exploit confirmed that it works. CERT/CC vulnerability analyst Will Dormann confirmed that the PoC exploit code works against the stock ‘Handling Form Submission’ sample code from spring.io.

Can confirm! The #Spring4Shell exploit in the wild appears to work against the stock "Handling Form Submission" sample code from https://t.co/dt05rTPbGQ
If the sample code is vulnerable, then I suspect there are indeed real-world apps out there that are vulnerable to RCE… https://t.co/PFXoIusFcT pic.twitter.com/2gydOJk10Y

— Will Dormann (@wdormann) March 31, 2022

Security experts are aware of public exploitation of the Spring4Shell in the attacks.

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