Can I write to a read only file ?
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A parent process opens a file but fails to close it. Can an untrusted child process write to the otherwise read only file?
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![void main() {
int fd;
char *v[2];
/* Assume that /etc/zzz is an important system file,
* and it is owned by root with permission 0644… */
fd = open("/etc/zzz", O_RDWR | O_APPEND);
/* Error handling code is removed to save space on the slide */
// Print out the file descriptor value
printf("fd is %dn", fd);
// Permanently disable the privilege by making the effective uid the same as the real uid
setuid(getuid());
// Execute /bin/sh
v[0] = "/bin/sh"; v[1] = 0;
execve(v[0], v, 0);
}
The file is not closed before
spawning a less privileged
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Reverse Architecting using Relation Algebra.pdfDharmalingam Ganesan This document discusses reverse architecting software by extracting relationships from source code using relation algebra. It describes extracting relations from code without compiling or linking, storing them in a database, and applying relation algebra operations like join and inverse to abstract the relations. The abstracted relations can then be visualized as graphs or tables to understand aspects of the software architecture like inter-task communication and message queue usage. Reverse architecting is challenging but relation algebra can help reformulate many analysis questions and filter irrelevant data to meet analysis goals.
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An Analysis of RSA Public Exponent eDharmalingam Ganesan We look into the nitty-gritty details of the RSA key generation algorithm. We study how RSA can be exploited when the public exponent e is not chosen carefully. We examine why many digital certificates use e=65537. We also experiment with Hastad's broadcast attack for short RSA exponents in particular.
An Analysis of Secure Remote Password (SRP)
An Analysis of Secure Remote Password (SRP)Dharmalingam Ganesan We study the internal structure of the SRP key exchange protocol and experiment with it. SRP establishes a shared encryption key between communicating parties using passwords that were shared out-of-band. We perform basic cryptanalysis of SRP using open-source implementations. We present a demo of how SRP was compromised due to an implementation bug, allowing the attacker to login without the password. The author of the Go-SRP library promptly fixed the issue on the very same day we reported the vulnerability.
Thank-a-Gram
Thank-a-GramDharmalingam Ganesan UMD student sent me this note. Nice to see that I created some interest.
Active Attacks on DH Key Exchange
Active Attacks on DH Key ExchangeDharmalingam Ganesan We allow Eve to modify DH parameters as well as public keys of Alice and Bob. This allows Eve to derive the secret key and break the DH crypto system. We demonstrate that the DH key exchange algorithm should not be used without digital signatures.
How do computers exchange secrets using Math?
How do computers exchange secrets using Math?Dharmalingam Ganesan This was an invited talk at the Central Middle School, Maryland. Without going into a lot of math, I try to explain the fundamental key exchange problem. It was a blast. 8th graders enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed it.
On the Secrecy of RSA Private Keys
On the Secrecy of RSA Private KeysDharmalingam Ganesan Can we reveal the RSA private exponent d from its public key <e, n>? We study this question for two specific cases: e = 3 and e = 65537. Using demos, we verify that RSA reveals the most significant half of the private exponent d when the public exponent e is small. For example, for 2048-bit RSA, the most significant 1024 bits are revealed!
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Computing the Square Roots of Unity to break RSA using Quantum AlgorithmsDharmalingam Ganesan We study the problem of finding the square roots of unity in a finite group in order to factor composite numbers used in RSA. We implemented Peter Shor’s algorithm to find the square root of unity. Experimental results showed that finding the square roots of unity in a finite group multiplicative group is “hard”.
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Analysis of Short RSA Secret Exponent dDharmalingam Ganesan We experiment with Wiener's attack to break RSA when the secret exponent is short, meaning it is smaller than one quarter of the public modulus size. We discuss cryptanalysis details and present demos of the attack. Our very minor extension of Wiener's attack is also discussed.
If we have an RSA 2048 bits configuration, but our private exponent d is only about 512 bits, then the above attack breaks RSA in a few seconds.
This work uses Continued Fractions to derive the private keys from the given public keys. It turned out that one can derive the private exponent d by approximating it as a ratio of e/n, both are public values.
In a default settings of standard RSA libaries, this attack and my minor extension are not relevant (to the best of our knowledge). However, if we configure our library to choose a very large public encryption exponent e, then our private decryption exponent d could be short enough to mount an attack.
Dependency Analysis of RSA Private Variables
Dependency Analysis of RSA Private VariablesDharmalingam Ganesan An RSA private key is made of a few private variables. We analyze how these private variables are chained together. Further, we study if one of the private variables is leaked, can we derive the other private variables? Demos of the algorithms are also provided.
Analysis of Shared RSA Modulus
Analysis of Shared RSA ModulusDharmalingam Ganesan This document analyzes the security implications of sharing the same RSA modulus n between two users. It presents three algorithms that an attacker could use to break RSA encryption if the public keys for two users share the same n value. Algorithm 1 works if the public exponents are relatively prime. Algorithm 2 works for small public exponents by factoring n. Algorithm 3 directly factors n from the private exponent. The conclusion is that RSA is breakable if n is not unique per user.
RSA Game using an Oracle
RSA Game using an OracleDharmalingam Ganesan The slides demonstrate how to reverse the plaintext from the RSA encrypted ciphertext using an oracle that answers the question: is the last bit of the message 0 or 1?
RSA Two Person Game
RSA Two Person GameDharmalingam Ganesan This document describes an RSA two-person game designed to demonstrate how an adversary could exploit the homomorphic property of raw RSA encryption to break the system. It involves a challenger generating an RSA public/private key pair and encrypting a secret message. The adversary is able to obtain encryptions of arbitrary messages and uses the homomorphic property that the product of ciphertexts corresponds to the product of plaintexts to deduce the secret. Through a series of chosen plaintext/ciphertext queries, the adversary is able to compute the secret plaintext and win the game. The goal is to understand the vulnerabilities in raw RSA and how padding can strengthen the system.
RSA without Integrity Checks
RSA without Integrity ChecksDharmalingam Ganesan The slides demonstrate how to break RSA when used incorrectly without integrity checks. The man-in-the-middle is allowed to edit the RSA public exponent e in such a way that the Extended Euclidean Algorithm can be employed to reconstruct the plaintexts from the given ciphertexts.
RSA without Padding
RSA without PaddingDharmalingam Ganesan Slides demonstrate how to break RSA when no padding is applied. I replicated the meet-in-the-middle attack discussed in the existing Crypto literature.
Solutions to online rsa factoring challenges
Solutions to online rsa factoring challengesDharmalingam Ganesan The slides present my solutions to RSA factoring challenges when the prime factors of an RSA modulus are not independent or close to each other.
Security of RSA and Integer Factorization
Security of RSA and Integer FactorizationDharmalingam Ganesan The document demonstrates breaking a 768-bit RSA encryption by factorizing the public key's modulus into its prime factors. It begins with an overview of RSA and integer factorization, then shows the encryption of a sample plaintext under a 768-bit public key. Finally, it programs and runs the decryption using the pre-computed prime factors of the modulus, successfully recovering the original plaintext in under a second. The document concludes that RSA security relies on the computational difficulty of integer factorization and recommends using key sizes of 1024 bits or more.
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- 1. Can I write to a read only file? - Oops the file was not closed Dr. Dharma Ganesan
- 2. Background and Problem ● A file is owned by the root (admin) ● Other users can read its content but cannot write to it ● An SUID Linux binary can write to that file ● The SUID binary drops the privilege before spawning a new process ○ The new process is not owned by the root ● Problem: The parent process forgot to close the file ● Can the less privileged child process write to the read only file?
- 3. /etc/zzz is owned by the root ~$ ls -al /etc/zzz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29 May 2 07:48 /etc/zzz Other users can read (r) it but only the root can write (w) to it.
- 4. Let’s try to write to the read only file ~$ echo "Writing to a read only file" > /etc/zzz bash: /etc/zzz: Permission denied ● Let’s find an SUID Linux binary that may have some vulnerability ● Cap_Leak is a demo example (on the next slide) ● Cap_Leak has a vulnerability we will exploit! ○ Cap_Leak will leak the file descriptor
- 5. Cap_leak can write to the /etc/zzz file ~$ ls -al cap_leak -rwsr-xr-x 1 root seed 7386 Apr 29 18:45 cap_leak ● Note: cap_leak is an SUID binary (s) ● However, other users are allowed to execute it “as a root” temporarily ● The source code of cap_leak.c is on the next slide ○ Header files are not included to save space
- 6. void main() { int fd; char *v[2]; /* Assume that /etc/zzz is an important system file, * and it is owned by root with permission 0644… */ fd = open("/etc/zzz", O_RDWR | O_APPEND); /* Error handling code is removed to save space on the slide */ // Print out the file descriptor value printf("fd is %dn", fd); // Permanently disable the privilege by making the effective uid the same as the real uid setuid(getuid()); // Execute /bin/sh v[0] = "/bin/sh"; v[1] = 0; execve(v[0], v, 0); } The file is not closed before spawning a less privileged child process
- 7. ~$ cat /etc/zzz bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb Content of the read only file (before the attack)
- 8. Content of the read only file (after the attack) ~$ ./cap_leak fd is 3 $ echo "If we fail to close the files, someone can write to them!" >& 3 $ $ exit ~$ cat /etc/zzz bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb If we fail to close the files, someone can write to them!
- 9. Conclusion ● This demo shows that we need to close all opened files ● Otherwise, evil processes can write to read only files ● Dropping the privilege is not enough ● Don’t assume that the child process need the file descriptor to exploit ○ File descriptors are small numbers that are easy to guess
- 10. Reference Wenliang Du. “Computer Security, A Hands-on Approach,” CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (October 12, 2017)