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From: "Stefan Kanthak" <stefan DOT kanthak AT nexgo DOT de>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT org>
Cc: <security AT redhat DOT com>
Subject: Re: [PWNED/DOSSED] Cygwin's setup-x86.exe loads and executes rogue DLL from its application directory
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 15:17:30 +0100
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Second and last chance!
See <http://home.arcor.de/skanthak/policy.html>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stefan Kanthak" <stefan DOT kanthak AT nexgo DOT de>
To: <security AT cygwin DOT org>
Cc: <security AT redhat DOT com>
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 4:23 AM
Subject: [PWNED/DOSSED] Cygwin's setup-x86.exe loads and executes rogue DLL from its application directory


> Hi,
> 
> Cygwin's setup-x86.exe loads and executes UXTheme.dll
> (on Windows XP also ClbCatQ.dll) and more from its
> "application directory".
> 
> For software downloaded with a web browser the application
> directory is typically the user's "Downloads" directory: see
> <https://insights.sei.cmu.edu/cert/2008/09/carpet-bombing-and-directory-poisoning.html>,
> <http://blog.acrossecurity.com/2012/02/downloads-folder-binary-planting.html>
> and <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/134>
> 
> If UXTheme.dll (or one of the other DLLs) gets planted in
> the user's "Downloads" directory per "drive-by download" or
> "social engineering" this vulnerability becomes a remote code
> execution.
> 
> If setup-x86.exe is NOT started with --no-admin the vulnerability
> results in an escalation of privilege too!
> 
> 
> Proof of concept/demonstration:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 1. visit <http://home.arcor.de/skanthak/sentinel.html>, download
>   <http://home.arcor.de/skanthak/download/SENTINEL.DLL> and save
>   it as UXTheme.dll in your "Downloads" directory;
> 
> 2. on Windows XP, copy the downloaded UXTheme.dll as ClbCatQ.dll;
> 
> 3. download setup-x86.exe and save it in your "Downloads" directory;
> 
> 4. execute setup-x86.exe from your "Downloads" directory;
> 
> 5. notice the message boxes displayed from UXTheme.dll placed in
>   step 1 (and ClbCatQ.dll placed in step 2).
> 
> PWNED!
> 
> 6. copy the downloaded UXTheme.dll as WSock32.dll (on Windows XP
>   also as PSAPI.dll and WS2_32.dll);
> 
> 7. rerun setup-x86.exe from your "Downloads" directory.
> 
> DOSSED!
> 
> 8. turning the denial of service into an arbitrary (remote) code
>   execution is trivial: just add the SINGLE entry (PSAPI.dll:
>   EnumProcesses, WSock32.Dll: recv, WS2_32.dll: Ordinal 21)
>   referenced from setup-x86.exe to a rogue DLL of your choice.
> 
> PWNED again!
> 
> 
> See <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/101>,
> <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/86> and
> <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/121> plus
> <http://home.arcor.de/skanthak/!execute.html> and
> <http://home.arcor.de/skanthak/sentinel.html> for details about
> this well-known and well-documented BEGINNER'S error!
> 
> 
> Then dump your vulnerable executable installer and provide a SAFE
> installer instead: either .MSI or .INF (plus .CAB).
> 
> 
> I'll publish in 45 days.
> See <http://home.arcor.de/skanthak/policy.html> and return the
> CVE identifier assigned for this vulnerability to me!
> 
> 
> regards
> Stefan Kanthak

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