On Dec 1, 2009, at 2:20 AM, FreeBSD Security Officer wrote: > A short time ago a "local root" exploit was posted to the full-disclosure > mailing list; as the name suggests, this allows a local user to execute > arbitrary code as root.
Dr. Strangelove, or How I learned to love the MAC subsystem. # uname -a FreeBSD test 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 20 13:20:06 CET 2009 r...@test:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TEST amd64 $ gcc -o program.o -c program.c -fPIC $ gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,w00t.so.1 -o w00t.so.1.0 program.o -nostartfiles $ ./env /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: environment corrupt; missing value for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: environment corrupt; missing value for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: environment corrupt; missing value for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: environment corrupt; missing value for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: environment corrupt; missing value for ALEX-ALEX # id uid=1001(user) gid=1001(user) euid=0(root) groups=1001(portero),0(wheel) # /usr/sbin/getpmac biba/high(low-high) And of course it's root. Now, $ setpmac biba/low\(low-low\) csh %pwd /tmp %./env /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: environment corrupt; missing value for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: environment corrupt; missing value for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: environment corrupt; missing value for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: environment corrupt; missing value for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: environment corrupt; missing value for ALEX-ALEX # ** OMG!! IT WORKED!!. BUT # touch /etc/testing_the_exploit touch: /etc/testing_the_exploit: Permission denied # ls -l /usr/sbin/getpmac -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7144 May 1 2009 /usr/sbin/getpmac # /usr/sbin/getpmac biba/low(low-low) OOHHHHH, we have a toothless root. Maybe a "riit"? Pity these serious security mechanisms don't get a widespread usage. Borja. _______________________________________________ freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
