require 'brakeman/checks/base_check' #Checks for string interpolation and parameters in calls to #Kernel#system, Kernel#exec, Kernel#syscall, and inside backticks. # #Examples of command injection vulnerabilities: # # system("rf -rf #{params[:file]}") # exec(params[:command]) # `unlink #{params[:something}` class Brakeman::CheckExecute < Brakeman::BaseCheck Brakeman::Checks.add self @description = "Finds instances of possible command injection" SAFE_VALUES = [s(:const, :RAILS_ROOT), s(:call, s(:const, :Rails), :root), s(:call, s(:const, :Rails), :env), s(:call, s(:const, :Process), :pid)] SHELL_ESCAPES = [:escape, :shellescape, :join] SHELLWORDS = s(:const, :Shellwords) #Check models, controllers, and views for command injection. def run_check Brakeman.debug "Finding system calls using ``" check_for_backticks tracker check_open_calls Brakeman.debug "Finding other system calls" calls = tracker.find_call :targets => [:IO, :Open3, :Kernel, :'POSIX::Spawn', :Process, nil], :methods => [:capture2, :capture2e, :capture3, :exec, :pipeline, :pipeline_r, :pipeline_rw, :pipeline_start, :pipeline_w, :popen, :popen2, :popen2e, :popen3, :spawn, :syscall, :system], :nested => true Brakeman.debug "Processing system calls" calls.each do |result| process_result result end end #Processes results from Tracker#find_call. def process_result result call = result[:call] args = call.arglist first_arg = call.first_arg case call.method when :popen unless array? first_arg failure = include_user_input?(args) || dangerous_interp?(args) end when :system, :exec failure = include_user_input?(first_arg) || dangerous_interp?(first_arg) else failure = include_user_input?(args) || dangerous_interp?(args) end if failure and original? result if failure.type == :interp #Not from user input confidence = :medium else confidence = :high end warn :result => result, :warning_type => "Command Injection", :warning_code => :command_injection, :message => "Possible command injection", :code => call, :user_input => failure, :confidence => confidence end end def check_open_calls tracker.find_call(:targets => [nil, :Kernel], :method => :open).each do |result| if match = dangerous_open_arg?(result[:call].first_arg) warn :result => result, :warning_type => "Command Injection", :warning_code => :command_injection, :message => "Possible command injection in open()", :user_input => match, :confidence => :high end end end def dangerous_open_arg? exp if string_interp? exp # Check for input at start of string exp[1] == "" and node_type? exp[2], :evstr and has_immediate_user_input? exp[2] else has_immediate_user_input? exp end end #Looks for calls using backticks such as # # `rm -rf #{params[:file]}` def check_for_backticks tracker tracker.find_call(:target => nil, :method => :`).each do |result| process_backticks result end end #Processes backticks. def process_backticks result return unless original? result exp = result[:call] if input = include_user_input?(exp) confidence = :high elsif input = dangerous?(exp) confidence = :medium else return end warn :result => result, :warning_type => "Command Injection", :warning_code => :command_injection, :message => "Possible command injection", :code => exp, :user_input => input, :confidence => confidence end # This method expects a :dstr or :evstr node def dangerous? exp exp.each_sexp do |e| if call? e and e.method == :to_s e = e.target end next if node_type? e, :lit, :str next if SAFE_VALUES.include? e next if shell_escape? e if node_type? e, :if # If we're in a conditional, evaluate the `then` and `else` clauses to # see if they're dangerous. if res = dangerous?(e.values[1..-1]) return res end elsif node_type? e, :or, :evstr, :dstr if res = dangerous?(e) return res end else return e end end false end def dangerous_interp? exp match = include_interp? exp return unless match interp = match.match interp.each_sexp do |e| if res = dangerous?(e) return Match.new(:interp, res) end end false end def shell_escape? exp return false unless call? exp if exp.target == SHELLWORDS and SHELL_ESCAPES.include? exp.method true elsif exp.method == :shelljoin true else false end end end