Authenticated Information Disclosure in ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer

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Vulnerability Name: Authenticated Information Disclosure in ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer
Registered: CVE-2019-19774

Discoverer:
Scott Goodwin, OSCP
OCD Tech
https://ocd-tech.com

Vednor of Product:
ManageEngine

Affected Product Code Base:
EventLog Analyzer - 10.0 SP1

Affected Component:
Affected ManageEngine endpoint: http://exampleclient:8400/event/runquery.do
This endpoint allows the ManageEngine user to execute commands against the 
ManageEngine PostgreSQL database.

Attack Type:
Remote

Vulnerability Type:
Incorrect Access Control

Vulnerability Impact:
Authenticated Information Disclosure

Attack Vector:
To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated user must execute a specially crafted 
query against the ManageEngine database to bypass the built-in security controls and 
extract credential data.

Vulnerability Description:
An issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer 10.0 SP1. 
By running "select hostdetails from hostdetails" at the /event/runquery.do endpoint, 
it is possible to bypass the security restrictions that prevent even administrative 
users from viewing credential data stored in the database, and recover the MD5 hashes 
of the accounts used to authenticate the ManageEngine platform to the managed machines 
on the network (most often administrative accounts). Specifically, this bypasses the 
following restrictions: a query cannot mention "password", and a query result cannot 
have a "password" column.

Reporting Timeline:
10/30/2019: This vulnerability was reported to ManageEngine via the
Zoho/ManageEngine Bug Bounty program. They acknowledged the initial report.
12/12/2019: Vulnerability registered
12/13/2019: Vulnerability acknowledged and update (12110) made available to ManageEngine 
customers.
12/13/2019: Public disclosure

Additional Information:
This query bypasses the following security restrictions implemented within Manage Engine:
  1. restrictions on queries that include the word "password". This query will output the 
  value stored in the "password" field, without the word "password" actually appearing in 
  the query. If the query contains the word "password" Manage Engine will not execute the query.
  2. restrictions on printing the password field to the screen in a column called "password". 
  If the results of the query include a columncalled "password", Manage Engine will mask the 
  password with a series of asterisks "". This query will output the entire contents of the table, 
  without formatting is as a table within the web interface, which leads to bypass of this security 
  control.

Remediated Product Version:
ManageEngine EventLog Analyzer Build 12110

Reference:
https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/
https://www.manageengine.com/products/eventlog/features-new.html#release
https://ocd-tech.com