Red Hat Satellite: Unauthorized requests trying to perform remote code execution
Issue
While checking satellite logs, it was noticed that many messages showing errors for denied HTTPS requests in /var/log/httpd/foreman-ssl_access_ssl.log
log file as below:
192.168.0.11 - - [24/Jan/2021:15:43:56 +0400] "GET /cgi-bin/agorn.cgi HTTP/1.1" 404 1564 "-" "() { _; } >_[$($())] { echo Content-Type: text/plain ; echo ; echo \"bash_cve_2014_6278 Output : $((60+94))\"; }"
192.168.0.12 - - [24/Jan/2021:15:44:17 +0400] "GET /cgi-bin/agorn.cgi HTTP/1.1" 404 1564 "-" "() { _; } >_[$($())] { echo Content-Type: text/plain ; echo ; echo \"bash_cve_2014_6278 Output : $((66+43))\"; }"
192.168.0.13 - - [24/Jan/2021:15:47:18 +0400] "GET /cgi-bin/agorn.cgi HTTP/1.1" 404 1564 "-" "() { _; } >_[$($())] { echo Content-Type: text/plain ; echo ; echo \"bash_cve_2014_6278 Output : $((71+12))\"; }"
192.168.0.14 - - [24/Jan/2021:15:48:02 +0400] "GET /cgi-bin/agorn.cgi HTTP/1.1" 404 1564 "-" "() { _; } >_[$($())] { echo Content-Type: text/plain ; echo ; echo \"bash_cve_2014_6278 Output : $((73+39))\"; }"
The log file shows similar entries for denied HTTPS requests from the same IP addresses trying to fetch or perform remote execution for the following files:
cgi-bin/faqmanager.cgi?toc=/etc/passwd%00
cgi-bin/whois.cgi
cgi-bin/test-cgi
cgi-bin/upload.cgi
cgi-bin/wa.cgi
cgi-bin/wa
mod/index.cgi
sys/defaultwebpage.cgi
cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi
cgi-bin/test.cgi
sys/entropysearch.cgi
cgi-bin/wa.exe
cgi-bin/test.sh
cgi-bin/urlcount.cgi
cgi-bin/status.cgi
cgi-bin-sdb/printenv
cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
cgi-bin/mt/mt-check.cgi
cgi-bin/login.cgi
cgi-bin/Count.cgi
cgi-bin/index.pl
cgi-bin/search
cgi-bin/search.cgi
cgi-bin/count.cgi
cgi-bin/ncbook/book.cgi
cgi-bin/clwarn.cgi
cgi-bin/guestbook.cgi
cgi-bin/help.cgi
cgi-bin/search/search.cgi
cgi-bin/quickstore.cgi
cgi-bin/hi
cgi-bin/mt/mt-load.cgi
cgi-bin/FormMail.cgi
cgi-bin/printenv
cgi-bin/faqmanager.cgi
cgi-bin/printenv.cgi
cgi-bin/cart.cgi
cgi-bin/agorn.cgi
cgi-bin/mt-static/mt-load.cgi
cgi-bin/index.cgi
cgi-bin/status
cgi-bin/FormHandler.cgi
cgi-bin/index.sh
cgi-bin/mailit.pl
cgi-bin/mt-static/mt-check.cgi
cgi-bin/administrator
cgi-bin/admin.cgi
cgi-bin/admin
cgi-bin/admin.pl
cgi-bin/administrator.cgi
cgi-bin/search.cgi
cgi-bin/mt/mt-check.cgi
cgi-bin/ncbook/book.cgi
sys/entropysearch.cgi
cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi
cgi-bin/test.cgi
sys/defaultwebpage.cgi
cgi-bin/wa
cgi-bin/mt-static/mt-check.cgi
cgi-bin/upload.cgi
cgi-bin/search/search.cgi
cgi-bin/status
mod/index.cgi
cgi-bin-sdb/printenv
cgi-bin/status.cgi
cgi-bin/printenv.cgi
cgi-bin/whois.cgi
cgi-bin/urlcount.cgi
cgi-bin/wa.cgi
cgi-bin/test.sh
cgi-bin/mt-static/mt-load.cgi
cgi-bin/test-cgi
cgi-bin/mt/mt-load.cgi
cgi-bin/hi
cgi-bin/FormHandler.cgi
cgi-bin/agorn.cgi
cgi-bin/admin.pl
cgi-bin/admin.cgi
cgi-bin/login
cgi-bin/index.pl
cgi-bin/faqmanager.cgi
cgi-bin/Count.cgi
cgi-bin/administrator.cgi
cgi-bin/index.sh
cgi-bin/FormMail.cgi
cgi-bin/login.cgi
cgi-bin/cart.cgi
cgi-bin/mailit.pl
cgi-bin/admin
cgi-bin/help.cgi
cgi-bin/index.cgi
cgi-bin/file_transfer.cgi
cgi-bin/mainfunction.cgi
cgi-bin/kvm.cgi?&file=login
Environment
- Red Hat satellite 6.x
- Multiple satellite capsules
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