full-disclosure - [FD] Exploiting Wildcard Expansion on Linux

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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 23:08:33 -0600
From: Stephen Chavez <elysium.xen@...il.com>
To: Fulldisclosure@...lists.org
Subject: [FD] Exploiting Wildcard Expansion on Linux

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Hi,

I found a way to abuse "*" in bash. I can make an arbitrary code
execution attack.

This is a well-known problem, but it still surprises a lot of people.
It's been discussed on this list before:

    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Sep/190

Suppose we have control over the contents of a directory, and inside
that directory our victim will run the following command. Imagine, for
example, that the user just downloaded a web application's source code
from the attacker's website and is uploading the files to their web
server.

    $ scp * user@...mple.org:/var/www/

To exploit this command, in the directory we place these files.

- - "-o" - SCP will interpret this file as the "-o" switch.
- - "ProxyCommand sh supercool.sh %h %p" - SCP will interpret this file's
name as the argument to the "-o" switch.
- - "supercool.sh" - The script that will run, containing the attacker's
code.
- - "zzz.txt" - Another file in the directory which serves no purpose for
the exploit.

Inside "supercool.sh", we have a script that will do what "ProxyCommand"
is supposed to do, along with some malicious commands.
When the victim runs their scp command, it will appear successful:

    $ scp * user@...mple.org:/var/www/
    supercool.sh
    zzz.txt

But really, supercool.sh has executed, and we now have control of the
user's system.

You can read the full details about this attack and download the entire
proof of concept directory on my site here:

    https://dicesoft.net/projects/wildcard-code-execution-exploit.htm
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