Class Pollution (Python's Prototype Pollution)
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Basic Example
Check how is possible to pollute classes of objects with strings:
class Company: pass
class Developer(Company): pass
class Entity(Developer): pass
c = Company()
d = Developer()
e = Entity()
print(c) #<__main__.Company object at 0x1043a72b0>
print(d) #<__main__.Developer object at 0x1041d2b80>
print(e) #<__main__.Entity object at 0x1041d2730>
e.__class__.__qualname__ = 'Polluted_Entity'
print(e) #<__main__.Polluted_Entity object at 0x1041d2730>
e.__class__.__base__.__qualname__ = 'Polluted_Developer'
e.__class__.__base__.__base__.__qualname__ = 'Polluted_Company'
print(d) #<__main__.Polluted_Developer object at 0x1041d2b80>
print(c) #<__main__.Polluted_Company object at 0x1043a72b0>
Basic Vulnerability Example
# Initial state
class Employee: pass
emp = Employee()
print(vars(emp)) #{}
# Vulenrable function
def merge(src, dst):
# Recursive merge function
for k, v in src.items():
if hasattr(dst, '__getitem__'):
if dst.get(k) and type(v) == dict:
merge(v, dst.get(k))
else:
dst[k] = v
elif hasattr(dst, k) and type(v) == dict:
merge(v, getattr(dst, k))
else:
setattr(dst, k, v)
USER_INPUT = {
"name":"Ahemd",
"age": 23,
"manager":{
"name":"Sarah"
}
}
merge(USER_INPUT, emp)
print(vars(emp)) #{'name': 'Ahemd', 'age': 23, 'manager': {'name': 'Sarah'}}
Gadget Examples
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