Stack Overflow example using GDB
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CAP6135: Malware and Software
Vulnerability Analysis
Buffer Overflow : Example of Using GDB to
Check Stack Memory
Cliff Zou
Spring 2011
A Stack Frame
BP
SP+offset
Parameters
Return Address
Calling Stack Pointer
Local Variables
SP
Addresses
00000000
SP: stack pointer BP: base/frame pointer
Calling stack pointer: previous function’s SP
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Using GDB to Check Stack
GDB tutorial:
http://gemma.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/DeveloperTools/gdb/gdb/gdb_7.html
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/GDB-Commands.html#GDB_COMMAND_LINE_ARGS
When compile the c code, use “gcc –g …..” so that Gdb can match
source code line number with code
Some knowledge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_assembly_language
Register eip: instruction pointer, the current position of next executable instruction
Register ebp: stack pointer, the top of the current stack, used for addressing local
variable
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Related Gdb Commands:
List: list the source code and each execution’s corresponding line
number
Break linenumber: set breakpoint at the linenumber
Run argv: run the execution code with the parameter argv
Next: execute the next line of code
Backtrace: show trace of all function calls in stack
Info frame: List address, language, address of arguments/local
variables and which registers were saved in frame.
This will show where the return address is saved
Return address is in Register EIP
Calling stack pointer is in Register EBP
x &variable: show the address and value of a local variable (in hex
format)
x address: print binary representation of 4 bytes of memory pointed to
by address.
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Example of Using GDB
#include <stdio.h>
void foo(char * input){
int a1=11;
int a2=22;
char buf[7];
strcpy(buf, input);
}
void main(int argc, char **argv){
foo(argv[1]);
}
Question: What does the stack look like before strcpy()?
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czou@eustis:~/buffer-code$ setarch i686 –R gdb ./gdb-example
(gdb) list
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#include <stdio.h>
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void foo(char * input){
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int a1=11;
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int a2=22;
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char buf[7];
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strcpy(buf, input);
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}
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void main(int argc, char **argv){
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foo(argv[1]);
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}
(gdb) break 6
Breakpoint 1 at 0x80483e9: file gdb-example.c, line 6.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /home/czou/buffer-code/gdb-example
Breakpoint 1, foo (input=0x0) at gdb-example.c:6
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strcpy(buf, input);
(gdb)
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(gdb) info frame
Stack level 0, frame at 0xbffff7d0:
eip = 0x80483e9 in foo (gdb-example.c:6); saved eip 0x804842f
called by frame at 0xbffff7e0
source language c.
Arglist at 0xbffff7c8, args: input=0x0
Locals at 0xbffff7c8, Previous frame's sp is 0xbffff7d0
Saved registers:
ebp at 0xbffff7c8, eip at 0xbffff7cc
(gdb) x &a1
0xbffff7b8: 0x0000000b
(gdb) x &a2
0xbffff7b4: 0x00000016
(gdb) x buf
0xbffff7bc: 0x080482ec
(gdb) x 0xbffff7b4
0xbffff7b4: 0x00000016
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Several Tips on Project 1
1. Be sure to use the Makefile to generate executable of both
exploit program and target program
2. Be sure to use “setarch i686 -R” in front of every
execution, including both Gdb and ./exploit
3. You can use “break foo” to set breakpoint upon entering
foo() function.
4. Fill the shell executable code (in the string array
shellcode[]) byte-by-byte into the buffer for your modified
return address to execute.
Two Techniques for
Generating Stack Overflow
Codes
NOPs
Most CPUs have a No-Operation
instruction – it does nothing but advance
the instruction pointer.
Usually we can put a bunch of these
ahead of our program (in the string).
As long as the new return-address points
to a NOP we are OK.
Using NOPs
new return address
Real program
(exec /bin/ls or whatever)
nop instructions
Estimating the stack size
We can also guess at the location of the
return address relative to the overflowed
buffer.
Put in a bunch of new return addresses!
Estimating the Location
new
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return
return
return
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return
address
address
address
address
address
address
Real program
nop instructions