Actively exploited · Published Dec 11, 2019 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2019-18935
Critical 9.8 Exploited Ransomware
In plain English
A critical-severity unsafe deserialization in Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX from Progress. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on November 3, 2021). It has been used in ransomware campaigns. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 99.7% (higher than 99.9% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, public proof-of-concept code. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA guidance
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Federal agencies must remediate by May 3, 2022.
Official description
Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX through 2019.3.1023 contains a .NET deserialization vulnerability in the RadAsyncUpload function. This is exploitable when the encryption keys are known due to the presence of CVE-2017-11317 or CVE-2017-11357, or other means. Exploitation can result in remote code execution. (As of 2020.1.114, a default setting prevents the exploit. In 2019.3.1023, but not earlier versions, a non-default setting can prevent exploitation.)
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-502 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.telerik.com/support/whats-new/release-history
- https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2019/02/telerik-revisited.html
- https://www.telerik.com/support/kb/aspnet-ajax/details/allows-javascriptserializer-deserialization
- https://github.com/bao7uo/RAU_crypto
- https://know.bishopfox.com/research/cve-2019-18935-remote-code-execution-in-telerik-ui
- https://github.com/noperator/CVE-2019-18935
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155720/Telerik-UI-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.telerik.com/support/whats-new/aspnet-ajax/release-history/ui-for-asp-net-ajax-r1-2020-%28version-2020-1-114%29
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159653/Telerik-UI-ASP.NET-AJAX-RadAsyncUpload-Deserialization.html
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-federal-agency-hacked-using-old-telerik-bug-to-steal-data/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-18935 government-resource