Limited buffer-overflow in Painkiller 1.35

[Luigi Auriemma]

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Luigi Auriemma

Application: Painkiller
http://www.painkillergame.com
Versions: <= 1.35
Platforms: Windows
Bug: limited buffer-overflow
Exploitation: remote, versus server (in-game)
Date: 02 Feb 2005
Author: Luigi Auriemma
e-mail: aluigi@autistici.org
web: http://aluigi.altervista.org


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1) Introduction
2) Bug
3) The Code
4) Fix


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1) Introduction
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Painkiller is the great FPS game developed by People can Fly
(http://www.peoplecanfly.com) and released in April 2004.


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2) Bug
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The bug is about the buffer that must contain the Gamespy cd-key hash
for the online server-side authorization.
This buffer is limited to 100 bytes (the Gamespy cd-key hash is long
72 chars), so if an attacker uses a longer hash will be able to
overflow the buffer.

However exist two limitations for the exploitation of this bug, the
first is that only alpha-numeric chars are allowed (1-9, A-Z and a-z)
while the second is not so important since this is an in-game bug, so
if a server is protected by password the attacker must know it.


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3) The Code
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http://aluigi.altervista.org/poc/painkkeybof.zip


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4) Fix
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Version 1.61.


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Luigi Auriemma
http://aluigi.altervista.org