pwnable.kr - Leg#
“Daddy told me I should study ARM architecture. But I know Intel architecture and it should be similar. Why bother to study ARM?”
from the hint we can assume that this challenge focus is ARM, we connect to the remote process and see it asks us for some password so i guess this is some password validation challenge lets dive into the source code.
source code analysis#
disassembly#
(gdb) disass main
Dump of assembler code for function main:
0x00008d3c <+0>: push {r4, r11, lr}
0x00008d40 <+4>: add r11, sp, #8
0x00008d44 <+8>: sub sp, sp, #12
0x00008d48 <+12>: mov r3, #0
0x00008d4c <+16>: str r3, [r11, #-16]
0x00008d50 <+20>: ldr r0, [pc, #104] ; 0x8dc0 <main+132>
0x00008d54 <+24>: bl 0xfb6c <printf>
0x00008d58 <+28>: sub r3, r11, #16
0x00008d5c <+32>: ldr r0, [pc, #96] ; 0x8dc4 <main+136>
0x00008d60 <+36>: mov r1, r3
0x00008d64 <+40>: bl 0xfbd8 <__isoc99_scanf>
0x00008d68 <+44>: bl 0x8cd4 <key1>
0x00008d6c <+48>: mov r4, r0
0x00008d70 <+52>: bl 0x8cf0 <key2>
0x00008d74 <+56>: mov r3, r0
0x00008d78 <+60>: add r4, r4, r3
0x00008d7c <+64>: bl 0x8d20 <key3>
0x00008d80 <+68>: mov r3, r0
0x00008d84 <+72>: add r2, r4, r3
0x00008d88 <+76>: ldr r3, [r11, #-16]
0x00008d8c <+80>: cmp r2, r3
0x00008d90 <+84>: bne 0x8da8 <main+108>
0x00008d94 <+88>: ldr r0, [pc, #44] ; 0x8dc8 <main+140>
0x00008d98 <+92>: bl 0x1050c <puts>
0x00008d9c <+96>: ldr r0, [pc, #40] ; 0x8dcc <main+144>
0x00008da0 <+100>: bl 0xf89c <system>
0x00008da4 <+104>: b 0x8db0 <main+116>
0x00008da8 <+108>: ldr r0, [pc, #32] ; 0x8dd0 <main+148>
0x00008dac <+112>: bl 0x1050c <puts>
0x00008db0 <+116>: mov r3, #0
0x00008db4 <+120>: mov r0, r3
0x00008db8 <+124>: sub sp, r11, #8
0x00008dbc <+128>: pop {r4, r11, pc}
0x00008dc0 <+132>: andeq r10, r6, r12, lsl #9
0x00008dc4 <+136>: andeq r10, r6, r12, lsr #9
0x00008dc8 <+140>: ; <UNDEFINED> instruction: 0x0006a4b0
0x00008dcc <+144>: ; <UNDEFINED> instruction: 0x0006a4bc
0x00008dd0 <+148>: andeq r10, r6, r4, asr #9
End of assembler dump.
(gdb) disass key1
Dump of assembler code for function key1:
0x00008cd4 <+0>: push {r11} ; (str r11, [sp, #-4]!)
0x00008cd8 <+4>: add r11, sp, #0
0x00008cdc <+8>: mov r3, pc
0x00008ce0 <+12>: mov r0, r3
0x00008ce4 <+16>: sub sp, r11, #0
0x00008ce8 <+20>: pop {r11} ; (ldr r11, [sp], #4)
0x00008cec <+24>: bx lr
End of assembler dump.
(gdb) disass key2
Dump of assembler code for function key2:
0x00008cf0 <+0>: push {r11} ; (str r11, [sp, #-4]!)
0x00008cf4 <+4>: add r11, sp, #0
0x00008cf8 <+8>: push {r6} ; (str r6, [sp, #-4]!)
0x00008cfc <+12>: add r6, pc, #1
0x00008d00 <+16>: bx r6
0x00008d04 <+20>: mov r3, pc
0x00008d06 <+22>: adds r3, #4
0x00008d08 <+24>: push {r3}
0x00008d0a <+26>: pop {pc}
0x00008d0c <+28>: pop {r6} ; (ldr r6, [sp], #4)
0x00008d10 <+32>: mov r0, r3
0x00008d14 <+36>: sub sp, r11, #0
0x00008d18 <+40>: pop {r11} ; (ldr r11, [sp], #4)
0x00008d1c <+44>: bx lr
End of assembler dump.
(gdb) disass key3
Dump of assembler code for function key3:
0x00008d20 <+0>: push {r11} ; (str r11, [sp, #-4]!)
0x00008d24 <+4>: add r11, sp, #0
0x00008d28 <+8>: mov r3, lr
0x00008d2c <+12>: mov r0, r3
0x00008d30 <+16>: sub sp, r11, #0
0x00008d34 <+20>: pop {r11} ; (ldr r11, [sp], #4)
0x00008d38 <+24>: bx lr
End of assembler dump.
(gdb)
c code#
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
int key1(){
asm("mov r3, pc\n");
}
int key2(){
asm(
"push {r6}\n"
"add r6, pc, $1\n"
"bx r6\n"
".code 16\n"
"mov r3, pc\n"
"add r3, $0x4\n"
"push {r3}\n"
"pop {pc}\n"
".code 32\n"
"pop {r6}\n"
);
}
int key3(){
asm("mov r3, lr\n");
}
int main(){
int key=0;
printf("Daddy has very strong arm! : ");
scanf("%d", &key);
if( (key1()+key2()+key3()) == key ){
printf("Congratz!\n");
int fd = open("flag", O_RDONLY);
char buf[100];
int r = read(fd, buf, 100);
write(0, buf, r);
}
else{
printf("I have strong leg :P\n");
}
return 0;
}
Our goal is to get the flag so in order to pass the validation we need to give an input that will be equal to key1() + key2() + key3()
in order to get familiar a little with arm assembly i used this blog as a reference https://azeria-labs.com/writing-arm-assembly-part-1/
i studied parts 1-7 in order to have a basic grasp of ARM intuition i studied MIPS in uni which felt very similar which does make sense since they are both RISC architecture processors.
we can see that our instruction are in normal mode and not Thumb since the addrsses are increasing by 4 bytes,
lets analyze each key function
key1()#
Dump of assembler code for function key1:
0x00008cd4 <+0>: push {r11} ; (str r11, [sp, #-4]!)
0x00008cd8 <+4>: add r11, sp, #0
0x00008cdc <+8>: mov r3, pc
0x00008ce0 <+12>: mov r0, r3
0x00008ce4 <+16>: sub sp, r11, #0
0x00008ce8 <+20>: pop {r11} ; (ldr r11, [sp], #4)
0x00008cec <+24>: bx lr
End of assembler dump.
int key1(){
asm("mov r3, pc\n");
}
pc in arm is always 2 instruction more so r3 will be worth 0x00008ce4
key2()#
(gdb) disass key2
Dump of assembler code for function key2:
0x00008cf0 <+0>: push {r11} ; (str r11, [sp, #-4]!)
0x00008cf4 <+4>: add r11, sp, #0
0x00008cf8 <+8>: push {r6} ; (str r6, [sp, #-4]!)
0x00008cfc <+12>: add r6, pc, #1
0x00008d00 <+16>: bx r6
0x00008d04 <+20>: mov r3, pc
0x00008d06 <+22>: adds r3, #4
0x00008d08 <+24>: push {r3}
0x00008d0a <+26>: pop {pc}
0x00008d0c <+28>: pop {r6} ; (ldr r6, [sp], #4)
0x00008d10 <+32>: mov r0, r3
0x00008d14 <+36>: sub sp, r11, #0
0x00008d18 <+40>: pop {r11} ; (ldr r11, [sp], #4)
0x00008d1c <+44>: bx lr
End of assembler dump.
int key2(){
asm(
"push {r6}\n"
"add r6, pc, $1\n"
"bx r6\n"
".code 16\n"
"mov r3, pc\n"
"add r3, $0x4\n"
"push {r3}\n"
"pop {pc}\n"
".code 32\n"
"pop {r6}\n"
);
}
we see that it switches from thumb to standard arm mode because it forces the sp to be odd , if mov r3,pc is at address x then r3 becomes x+2+2 (2 instruction from current address) and then + 4 because of the addition , which is the adress of pop {r6} aka 0x00008d0c
key3()#
(gdb) disass key3
Dump of assembler code for function key3:
0x00008d20 <+0>: push {r11} ; (str r11, [sp, #-4]!)
0x00008d24 <+4>: add r11, sp, #0
0x00008d28 <+8>: mov r3, lr
0x00008d2c <+12>: mov r0, r3
0x00008d30 <+16>: sub sp, r11, #0
0x00008d34 <+20>: pop {r11} ; (ldr r11, [sp], #4)
0x00008d38 <+24>: bx lr
End of assembler dump.
int key3(){
asm("mov r3, lr\n");
}
this is similar to key1() this time we move to r3 the lr which is the link register aka return register, we have to look in the dissassembly in main,
0x00008d7c <+64>: bl 0x8d20 <key3>
0x00008d80 <+68>: mov r3, r0
as we know lr points to the address right after bl, so key3() returns 0x00008d80
to sum this challenge up we sum all the return values Total Sum: 0x1a770 (Decimal: 108400)
and we get the flag daddy_has_lot_of_ARM_****
this was quite a fun challenge as it forced me to learn something new!
