COMMAND

	Winamp code injection via an  mp3  file  header  that  causes  a  buffer
	overflow

SYSTEMS AFFECTED

	Nullsoft Winamp 2.79

PROBLEM

	

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	Andreas Sandblad [sandblad@acc.umu.se]              (o o)

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	advisory [#5]

	

	

	A mp3 file can contain the ID3v2 tag.  It\'s  a  newer  version  of  the
	ID3v1 tag and carries information like title, artist and album. The  tag
	is parsed by Winamp when a mp3 file is loaded.
	

	If the minibrowser is enabled, Winamp will try  to  query  a  script  on
	http://info.winamp.com for extra information about the  song,  based  on
	data from the ID3v2 tag. The buffer overflow condition occours when  the
	url string intended to be sent  to  the  minibrowser  is  created.  That
	means the buffer overflow occours before any actual internet  connection
	to info.winamp.com is beeing made.
	

	The easiest way to test the buffer overflow condition  is  to  apply  at
	least 159 \"?\" characters in the title field of  the  ID3v2  tag.  When
	playing the mp3  file  in  Winamp  2.79  the  following  error  log  was
	created:
	

	Access violation - code c0000005 (first chance)

	eax=00000021 ebx=00000000 ecx=0012bd00 edx=00000032 esi=00000113

	edi=00000113

	eip=32253132 esp=00129c08 ebp=25313225 iopl=0         nv up ei pl zr na po

	nc

	cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=0038  gs=0000

	efl=00010246

	32253132 ??               ???

	

	If we debug Winamp we notice that the created url  to  be  sent  to  the
	minibrowser looks something like this:
	

	http://info.winamp.com/winamp/WA.html?Alb=&Art=%21%21%21%21%21%2...(alot)...%21Cid=winamp&Tid=&Track=%21%21%21%...(alot)...

	

	We also understand that the buffer is overwritten by  maximum  one  NULL
	character, making the register esp change to 0x129c00. The esp  is  then
	incremented by 0x4 and a  ret  is  done,  sending  the  program  to  the
	address found in 0x129c04.
	

	We need the stackpointer 0x129c04  to  be  in  a  dataspace  we  are  in
	control of. Seems like we are lucky!  The  url  string  is  stored  from
	0x1298d8 to 0x129cd8, thus it seems like we can control the eip. And  in
	fact we can. Simply  check  the  eip  of  the  error  log.  It  displays
	eip=0x32253132, that is hex for \"2%12\". Seems like the  stack  pointer
	is    located    somewhere    in    our    url     string     containing
	\"...%21%21%21%21...\". (Remember that memory  addresses  are  retrieved
	backwards!)
	

	So how do we exploit this thing? Well normal buffer overflow exploit  is
	to return to anywhere in memory  where  we  can  find  JMP  ESP  (opcode
	0xFFE4) in order to get back  to  the  string  that  caused  the  buffer
	overflow. This method is used because normal buffer overflows  are  only
	limited to the fact that they can\'t insert 0x00 in  the  return  adress
	because of string operations.
	

	The problem we face is we can only use characters a-z, A-Z, 0-9,  \".\",
	because all others will be escaped to %HEX.  That  means  the  addresses
	containing the JMP ESP instruction we need to find  are  a  bit  limited
	(but of course in most cases not impossible to find as we only need  one
	location). Since the versions of the system .dll files Winamp import  at
	launch is OS and system dependent, it really depends on  the  system  if
	we are able  to  find  an  available  address  containing  the  JMP  ESP
	assembler instruction.
	

	Once we control the eip we have to do something useful. Since  we  still
	are limited in what kind of opcodes we can construct,  it\'s  better  to
	try to get somewhere in memory where our url is not escaped  (ex.  !  to
	%21). When debugging we notice the register ecx is 0x12bd00  and  points
	to a copy of our url partly unescaped. So if  we  somehow  can  increase
	the ecx and change the memory to do JMP ECX we are on  a  address  where
	we can create any opcode we want. This can be done with opcodes like:
	

	0x66335142 (\"f3QB\") XOR DX,[ECX+0x42]

	0x4A (\"J\") DEC EDX

	0x665A (\"fZ\") POP DX

	0x6652 (\"fR\") PUSH DX

	

	It\'s not an easy task to perform the above and on some OS it has to  be
	done differently, but still it\'s possible.

SOLUTION

	Upgrade to Winamp 2.80 or disable the minibrowser.