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PLT redirection through shared object injection into a running process

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The first part of a two-part article which will illustrate how to redirect the PLT of a process through the injection of a shared object into its address space.
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#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <elf.h>

int elf_is_valid(Elf32_Ehdr *elf_hdr)
{
	if( (elf_hdr->e_ident[EI_MAG0] != 0x7F) || 
		(elf_hdr->e_ident[EI_MAG1] != 'E') ||
		(elf_hdr->e_ident[EI_MAG2] != 'L') ||
		(elf_hdr->e_ident[EI_MAG3] != 'F') )
	{
	 	return 0;
	}

	if(elf_hdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASS32)
		return 0;

	if(elf_hdr->e_ident[EI_DATA] != ELFDATA2LSB)
		return 0;

	return 1;
}

static char *elf_types[] = {
	"ET_NONE",
	"ET_REL",
	"ET_EXEC",
	"ET_DYN",
	"ET_CORE",
	"ET_NUM"
};

char *get_elf_type(Elf32_Ehdr *elf_hdr)
{
	if(elf_hdr->e_type > 5)
		return NULL;

	return elf_types[elf_hdr->e_type];
}

int print_elf_header(Elf32_Ehdr *elf_hdr)
{
	char *sz_elf_type = NULL;

	if(!elf_hdr)
		return 0;

	printf("ELF header information\n");

	sz_elf_type = get_elf_type(elf_hdr);
	if(sz_elf_type)
		printf("- Type: %s\n", sz_elf_type);
	else
		printf("- Type: %04x\n", elf_hdr->e_type);

	printf("- Version: %d\n", elf_hdr->e_version);
	printf("- Entrypoint: 0x%08x\n", elf_hdr->e_entry);
	printf("- Program header table offset: 0x%08x\n", elf_hdr->e_phoff);
	printf("- Section header table offset: 0x%08x\n", elf_hdr->e_shoff);
	printf("- Flags: 0x%08x\n", elf_hdr->e_flags);
	printf("- ELF header size: %d\n", elf_hdr->e_ehsize);
	printf("- Program header size: %d\n", elf_hdr->e_phentsize);
	printf("- Program header entries: %d\n", elf_hdr->e_phnum);
	printf("- Section header size: %d\n", elf_hdr->e_shentsize);
	printf("- Section header entries: %d\n", elf_hdr->e_shnum);
	printf("- Section string table index: %d\n", elf_hdr->e_shstrndx);

	return 1;
}

static char *ptypes[] = {
		"PT_NULL",
		"PT_LOAD",
		"PT_DYNAMIC",
		"PT_INTERP",
		"PT_NOTE",
		"PT_SHLIB",
		"PT_PHDR"
};

int print_program_header(Elf32_Phdr *phdr, uint index)
{
	if(!phdr)
		return 0;

	printf("Program header %d\n", index);
	if(phdr->p_type <= 6)
		printf("- Type: %s\n", ptypes[phdr->p_type]);
	else
		printf("- Type: %08x\n", phdr->p_type);

	printf("- Offset: %08x\n", phdr->p_offset);
	printf("- Virtual Address: %08x\n", phdr->p_vaddr);
	printf("- Physical Address: %08x\n", phdr->p_paddr);
	printf("- File size: %d\n", phdr->p_filesz);
	printf("- Memory size: %d\n", phdr->p_memsz);
	printf("- Flags: %08x\n", phdr->p_flags);
	printf("- Alignment: %08x\n", phdr->p_align);
}

static char *stypes[] = {
		"SHT_NULL",
		"SHT_PROGBITS",
		"SHT_SYMTAB",
		"SHT_STRTAB",
		"SHT_RELA",
		"SHT_HASH",
		"SHT_DYNAMIC",
		"SHT_NOTE",
		"SHT_NOBITS",
		"SHT_REL",
		"SHT_SHLIB",
		"SHT_DYNSYM"
};

int print_section_header(Elf32_Shdr *shdr, uint index, char *strtable)
{
	if(!shdr)
		return 0;

	printf("Section header: %d\n", index);
	printf("- Name index: %d\n", shdr->sh_name);
	printf("- Name: %s\n", strtable + shdr->sh_name);
	if(shdr->sh_type <= 11)
		printf("- Type: %s\n", stypes[shdr->sh_type]);
	else
		printf("- Type: %04x\n", shdr->sh_type);
	printf("- Flags: %08x\n", shdr->sh_flags);
	printf("- Address: %08x\n", shdr->sh_addr);
	printf("- Offset: %08x\n", shdr->sh_offset);
	printf("- Size: %08x\n", shdr->sh_size);
	printf("- Link %08x\n", shdr->sh_link);
	printf("- Info: %08x\n", shdr->sh_info);
	printf("- Address alignment: %08x\n", shdr->sh_addralign);
	printf("- Entry size: %08x\n", shdr->sh_entsize);

}

static char *btypes[] = {
		"STB_LOCAL",
		"STB_GLOBAL",
		"STB_WEAK"
};

static char *symtypes[] = {
		"STT_NOTYPE",
		"STT_OBJECT",
		"STT_FUNC",
		"STT_SECTION",
		"STT_FILE"
};

void print_bind_type(u_char info)
{
	u_char bind = ELF32_ST_BIND(info);
	if(bind <= 2)
		printf("- Bind type: %s\n", btypes[bind]);
	else
		printf("- Bind type: %d\n", bind);
}

void print_sym_type(u_char info)
{
	u_char type = ELF32_ST_TYPE(info);

	if(type <= 4)
		printf("- Symbol type: %s\n", symtypes[type]);
	else
		printf("- Symbol type: %d\n", type);
}

int print_sym_table(u_char *filebase, Elf32_Shdr *section, char *strtable)
{
	Elf32_Sym *symbols;
	size_t sym_size = section->sh_entsize;
	size_t cur_size = 0;

	if(section->sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB)
		printf("Symbol table\n");
	else
		printf("Dynamic symbol table\n");

	if(sym_size != sizeof(Elf32_Sym))
	{
		printf("There's something evil with symbol table...\n");
		return 0;
	}

	symbols = (Elf32_Sym *)(filebase + section->sh_offset);
	symbols++;
	cur_size += sym_size;
	do
	{
		printf("- Name index: %d\n", symbols->st_name);
		printf("- Name: %s\n", strtable + symbols->st_name);
		printf("- Value: 0x%08x\n", symbols->st_value);
		printf("- Size: 0x%08x\n", symbols->st_size);

		print_bind_type(symbols->st_info);
		print_sym_type(symbols->st_info);

		printf("- Section index: %d\n", symbols->st_shndx);
		cur_size += sym_size;
		symbols++;
	} while(cur_size < section->sh_size);

	return 1;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	int fd_elf = -1;
	u_char *p_base = NULL;
	char *p_strtable = NULL;
	struct stat elf_stat;
	Elf32_Ehdr *p_ehdr = NULL;
	Elf32_Phdr *p_phdr = NULL;
	Elf32_Shdr *p_shdr = NULL;
	int i;

	if(argc < 2)
	{
		printf("Usage: %s </path/to/file>\n", argv[0]);
		return 1;
	}

	fd_elf = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
	if(fd_elf == -1)
	{
		fprintf(stderr, "Could not open %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
		return 1;
	}

	if(fstat(fd_elf, &elf_stat) == -1)
	{
		fprintf(stderr, "Could not stat %s: %s\n", argv[1], strerror(errno));
		close(fd_elf);
		return 1;
	}

	p_base = (u_char *)calloc(sizeof(u_char), elf_stat.st_size);
	if(!p_base)
	{
		fprintf(stderr, "Not enough memory\n");
		close(fd_elf);
		return 1;
	}

	if(read(fd_elf, p_base, elf_stat.st_size) != elf_stat.st_size)
	{
		fprintf(stderr, "Error while reading file: %s\n", strerror(errno));
		free(p_base);
		close(fd_elf);
		return 1;
	}
	
	close(fd_elf);

	p_ehdr = (Elf32_Ehdr *)p_base;
	if(elf_is_valid(p_ehdr))
	{
		print_elf_header(p_ehdr);

		printf("\n");
		p_phdr = (Elf32_Phdr *)(p_base + p_ehdr->e_phoff);
		p_shdr = (Elf32_Shdr *)(p_base + p_ehdr->e_shoff);
		p_strtable = (char *)(p_base + p_shdr[p_ehdr->e_shstrndx].sh_offset);

		for(i = 0; i < p_ehdr->e_phnum; i++)
		{
			print_program_header(&p_phdr[i], i);
		}

		for(i = 0; i < p_ehdr->e_shnum; i++)
		{
			print_section_header(&p_shdr[i], i, p_strtable);
			if(p_shdr[i].sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB || p_shdr[i].sh_type == SHT_DYNSYM)
			{
				printf("This section holds a symbol table...\n");
				print_sym_table(p_base, &p_shdr[i], (char *)(p_base + p_shdr[p_shdr[i].sh_link].sh_offset));
			}
		}
	}
	else
		printf("Invalid ELF file\n");

	free(p_base);
	return 0;
}

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