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Pwnable.kr Leg

Last updated Aug 20, 2022 Edit Source

This challenge is an introductory ARM assembly challenge. It gives us two files:

leg.c:

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#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;
}

And leg.asm:

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>(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)

It sums up three keys:

# key1()

Key1 basically does:

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mov r3, pc

In ARM there are two modes. After trial and error, we find out the instance is running in thumb mode. So pc is next_next_instruction = 0x8ce4

# key2()

There are a bunch of code to confuse you, but what we mainly care about is the mov r3, pc and adds r3, $4q. So it is next_next_instruction + 4 = 0x8d08 + 4 = 0x8d0c

# key3()

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mov	r3, lr

lr stores the return address of the function call. So, 0x8d80

# Done

Sum those all up and you get the key:

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/ $ ./leg
Daddy has very strong arm! : 108400
Congratz!
My daddy has a lot of ARMv5te muscle!

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