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Discussion in 'Security' started by YasIT, May 31, 2014.

  1. YasIT

    YasIT Active Member

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    Hello.
    On my server I've applied the following settings:

    Code:
    
Disable php.ini for users.
safe_mode on 
disable_functions:
ir_a_bajo,phpinfo,disk_free_space,disk_total_space,php_uname,symlink,shell_exec,exec,proc_close,proc_open,popen,pclose,system,dl,passthru,escapeshellarg,escapeshellcmd,readfile,posix_access,posix_ctermid,posix_errno,posix_get_last_error,posix_getcwd,posix_getegid,posix_geteuid,posix_getgid,posix_getgrgid,posix_getgrnam,posix_getgroups,posix_getlogin,posix_getpgid,posix_getpgrp,posix_getpid,posix_getppid,posix_getpwnam,posix_getpwuid,posix_getrlimit,posix_getsid,posix_getuid,posix_initgroups,posix_isatty,posix_kill,posix_mkfifo,posix_mknod,posix_setegid,posix_seteuid,posix_setgid,posix_setpgid,posix_setsid,posix_setuid,posix_strerror,posix_times,posix_ttyname,posix_uname

open_basedir :
/home/:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp:/home2/:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp:/home3/:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp:/home4/:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp

safe_mode_gid on
enable_dl off
suhosin enabled by easy apache.
fix all warning in CSF.
permisson /usr/bin/perl set 700
permisson /bin/ln set 700
Handler php set SuPHP
php 5.3.27
    But the hacker can bypass and symlink in my server.
    Please help.
    Thank.
     
    #1 YasIT, May 31, 2014
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    #2 quizknows, May 31, 2014
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    my webserver LiteSpeed.

    This post for apache!
     
    #3 YasIT, May 31, 2014
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    Hello :)

    Please note the LiteSpeed web server is a third-party application that is not natively supported by cPanel. You may find more information or advice regarding their product's security directly from their support team or forums:

    LiteSpeed Support Forums

    Thank you.
     
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    Hello

    If you have PHP 5 Handler "suphp" enabled in your server
    Please make file named .htaccess in your home directory with this content suPHP_ConfigPath /usr/local/lib/php.ini
    Or put file directly
    Hackers can't bypass your php.ini directives with this file


    Note: If you see abnormally symlinks in your users public_html, you can change permission of /bin/ln to chmod 700 (chmod 700 /bin/ln)
    Hackers can't make syminks and pass to other users or folders.

    Thanks
     
    #5 Felipe M., Jun 6, 2014
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    Even with /bin/ln restricted they can just upload a .zip with a symlink to / in it. That offers little actual protection.

    Bypassing php.ini is also not hard with SuPHP.

    I recommend looking into seeing if cloudlinux and cagefs plays nicely with litespeed or not.
     
    #6 quizknows, Jun 7, 2014
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    Not possible bypass symlinks with rar or zip file, because permission are 700 in server.

    Litespeed is not secured but very fastest with php, the best way is activate cagefs with jailed shell for all users and make hardening to your server.

    I recommend too use Anti Malware Plugin for WHM or ConfigServer eXploit Scanner (cxs)
    and search all PHPshells or malware in your server

    Thanks
     
    #7 Felipe M., Jun 7, 2014
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    Yes, it is possible to bypass even with ln set to 700. On your own workstation/server without restriction, make a symlink and tar it:
    Code:
    local_computer:~$ ln -s / testlink.txt                          #create symlink
local_computer:~$ tar -cvzpf test.tar.gz testlink.txt       #add to .tar
testlink.txt
local_computer:~$ tar -tvzpf test.tar.gz                       #list tar content
lrwxrwxrwx unpriv/unpriv         0 2014-06-08 00:11 testlink.txt -> /

(upload as normal user to server, ftp or whatever)

unpriv@server.com [~/public_html]# tar -xvzf test.tar.gz  #extract tar
unpriv@server.com [~/public_html]# ls -alrt                   #list dir

-rw-r--r--  1 unpriv unpriv   119 Jun  8 00:13 test.tar.gz
lrwxrwxrwx  1 unpriv unpriv     1 Jun  8 00:14 testlink.txt -> //
    There you have it, I never used the ln binary on the server, and my normal user has a symlink to root.
     
    #8 quizknows, Jun 7, 2014
    Last edited: Jun 8, 2014
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