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seccomp-tools

Provide powerful tools for seccomp analysis

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Seccomp Tools

Powerful tools for seccomp analysis.

This project is aimed primarily (but not exclusively) at analyzing seccomp sandboxes in CTF pwn challenges. Some features are CTF-specific, but they're just as useful for analyzing real-world seccomp filters.

Features

  • Dump - Automatically dumps seccomp BPF from executables.
  • Disasm - Converts seccomp BPF to a human-readable format.
    • With simple decompilation.
    • With syscall names and arguments whenever possible.
    • Colorful!
  • Asm - Makes writing seccomp rules as easy as writing code.
  • Emu - Emulates seccomp rules.
  • Explain - Summarizes a filter as a per-action policy (which syscalls are allowed/killed, and when).
  • Audit - Scans a filter for weaknesses and escape routes (missing arch/x32 guards, dangerous syscalls, ...).
  • Multi-architecture support.

Installation

Available on RubyGems.org!

$ gem install seccomp-tools

If compilation fails, try:

sudo apt install gcc ruby-dev make

then install seccomp-tools again.

Command Line Interface

seccomp-tools

$ seccomp-tools --help
# Usage: seccomp-tools [--version] [--help] <command> [<options>]
#
# List of commands:
#
# 	asm	Seccomp bpf assembler.
# 	audit	Assess a seccomp filter for weaknesses and escape routes.
# 	completion	Print a shell completion script.
# 	disasm	Disassemble seccomp bpf.
# 	dump	Automatically dump seccomp bpf from executable(s).
# 	emu	Emulate seccomp rules.
# 	explain	Summarize a seccomp filter as a per-action policy.
#
# See 'seccomp-tools <command> --help' to read about a specific subcommand.

$ seccomp-tools dump --help
# dump - Automatically dump seccomp bpf from executable(s).
# NOTE: This command is only available on Linux.
#
# Usage: seccomp-tools dump [EXEC] [options]
#     -c, --sh-exec <command>          Executes the given command (via sh) and dumps its seccomp.
#                                      Use this to pass arguments or pipe things to the executable.
#                                      e.g. use `-c "./bin > /dev/null"` to keep the program output out of the result.
#                                      Takes precedence over the positional argument.
#     -l, --limit LIMIT                Dump only the first LIMIT installed filters.
#                                      Only meaningful when the input is an executable or --pid. Default: 1
#                                      An executable is killed once it reaches LIMIT.
#     -p, --pid PID                    Dump the seccomp filters installed on an existing process.
#                                      You must have CAP_SYS_ADMIN (e.g. be root) to use this option.
#     -t, --timeout SEC                Timeout (seconds) for the execution. Default: no timeout
#                                      This option is ignored when --pid is given.
#     -f, --format FORMAT              Output format. FORMAT can only be one of <disasm|raw|inspect>.
#                                      Default: disasm
#     -o, --output FILE                Write output to FILE instead of stdout.
#                                      If multiple seccomp syscalls have been invoked (see --limit),
#                                      results are written to FILE, FILE_1, FILE_2, etc.
#                                      For example, with "--output out.bpf" the output files are out.bpf, out_1.bpf, ...

dump

Dumps the seccomp BPF from an executable, using the ptrace syscall.

NOTE: the target executable is actually run, so be careful with untrusted binaries.

$ file spec/binary/twctf-2016-diary
# spec/binary/twctf-2016-diary: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.24, BuildID[sha1]=3648e29153ac0259a0b7c3e25537a5334f50107f, not stripped

$ seccomp-tools dump spec/binary/twctf-2016-diary
#  line  CODE  JT   JF      K
# =================================
#  0000: 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00000000  A = sys_number
#  0001: 0x15 0x00 0x01 0x00000002  if (A != open) goto 0003
#  0002: 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00000000  return KILL
#  0003: 0x15 0x00 0x01 0x00000101  if (A != openat) goto 0005
#  0004: 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00000000  return KILL
#  0005: 0x15 0x00 0x01 0x0000003b  if (A != execve) goto 0007
#  0006: 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00000000  return KILL
#  0007: 0x15 0x00 0x01 0x00000038  if (A != clone) goto 0009
#  0008: 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00000000  return KILL
#  0009: 0x15 0x00 0x01 0x00000039  if (A != fork) goto 0011
#  0010: 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00000000  return KILL
#  0011: 0x15 0x00 0x01 0x0000003a  if (A != vfork) goto 0013
#  0012: 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00000000  return KILL
#  0013: 0x15 0x00 0x01 0x00000055  if (A != creat) goto 0015
#  0014: 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00000000  return KILL
#  0015: 0x15 0x00 0x01 0x00000142  if (A != execveat) goto 0017
#  0016: 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00000000  return KILL
#  0017: 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x7fff0000  return ALLOW

$ seccomp-tools dump spec/binary/twctf-2016-diary -f inspect
# "\x20\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15\x00\x00\x01\x02\x00\x00\x00\x06\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15\x00\x00\x01\x01\x01\x00\x00\x06\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15\x00\x00\x01\x3B\x00\x00\x00\x06\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15\x00\x00\x01\x38\x00\x00\x00\x06\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15\x00\x00\x01\x39\x00\x00\x00\x06\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15\x00\x00\x01\x3A\x00\x00\x00\x06\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15\x00\x00\x01\x55\x00\x00\x00\x06\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15\x00\x00\x01\x42\x01\x00\x00\x06\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x06\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xFF\x7F"

$ seccomp-tools dump spec/binary/twctf-2016-diary -f raw | xxd
# 00000000: 2000 0000 0000 0000 1500 0001 0200 0000   ...............
# 00000010: 0600 0000 0000 0000 1500 0001 0101 0000  ................
# 00000020: 0600 0000 0000 0000 1500 0001 3b00 0000  ............;...
# 00000030: 0600 0000 0000 0000 1500 0001 3800 0000  ............8...
# 00000040: 0600 0000 0000 0000 1500 0001 3900 0000  ............9...
# 00000050: 0600 0000 0000 0000 1500 0001 3a00 0000  ............:...
# 00000060: 0600 0000 0000 0000 1500 0001 5500 0000  ............U...
# 00000070: 0600 0000 0000 0000 1500 0001 4201 0000  ............B...
# 00000080: 0600 0000 0000 0000 0600 0000 0000 ff7f  ................

disasm

Disassembles raw seccomp BPF into a readable format.

$ xxd spec/data/twctf-2016-diary.bpf | head -n 3
# 00000000: 2000 0000 0000 0000 1500 0001 0200 0000   ...............
# 00000010: 0600 0000 0000 0000 1500 0001 0101 0000  ................
# 00000020: 0600 0000 0000 0000 1500 0001 3b00 0000  ............;...
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