# CHIPSEC: Platform Security Assessment Framework # Copyright (c) 2010-2020, Intel Corporation # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License # as published by the Free Software Foundation; Version 2. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. # # Contact information: # chipsec@intel.com # """ Checks for exposure of pre-boot passwords (BIOS/HDD/pre-bot authentication SW) in the BIOS keyboard buffer. Reference: - DEFCON 16: `Bypassing Pre-boot Authentication Passwords by Instrumenting the BIOS Keyboard Buffer `_ by Jonathan Brossard Usage: ``chipsec_main -m common.bios_kbrd_buffer`` Examples: >>> chipsec_main.py -m common.bios_kbrd_buffer """ from chipsec.module_common import BaseModule, BIOS from chipsec.library.returncode import ModuleResult from chipsec.library.logger import print_buffer_bytes from typing import List TAGS = [BIOS] METADATA_TAGS = ['OPENSOURCE', 'IA', 'COMMON', 'BIOS_KBRD_BUFFER'] COMMON_FILL_PTRN = ''.join([f'{(chr(x + 0x1E)):1}' for x in range(32)]) class bios_kbrd_buffer(BaseModule): def __init__(self): BaseModule.__init__(self) def is_supported(self) -> bool: return True def check_BIOS_keyboard_buffer(self) -> int: kbrd_buf_head = self.cs.hals.memory.read_physical_mem_dword(0x41A) & 0x000000FF kbrd_buf_tail = self.cs.hals.memory.read_physical_mem_dword(0x41C) & 0x000000FF self.logger.log(f'[*] Keyboard buffer head pointer = 0x{kbrd_buf_head:X} (at 0x41A), tail pointer = 0x{kbrd_buf_tail:X} (at 0x41C)') bios_kbrd_buf = self.cs.hals.memory.read_physical_mem(0x41E, 32) self.logger.log('[*] Keyboard buffer contents (at 0x41E):') print_buffer_bytes(bios_kbrd_buf) bios_kbrd_buf = bios_kbrd_buf.decode('latin_1') has_contents = False if COMMON_FILL_PTRN == bios_kbrd_buf: self.logger.log_good('Keyboard buffer is filled with common fill pattern') self.result.setStatusBit(self.result.status.SUCCESS) return self.result.getReturnCode(ModuleResult.PASSED) for x in bios_kbrd_buf: if ('\x00' != x) and ('\x20' != x): has_contents = True break if (0x1E < kbrd_buf_tail) and (kbrd_buf_tail <= 0x1E + 32): self.logger.log_bad(f'Keyboard buffer tail points inside the buffer (= 0x{kbrd_buf_tail:X})') self.logger.log(f' It may potentially expose lengths of pre-boot passwords. Was your password {(kbrd_buf_tail + 2 - 0x1E) // 2:d} characters long?') self.logger.log('[*] Checking contents of the keyboard buffer...\n') if has_contents: self.logger.log_warning('Keyboard buffer is not empty. The test cannot determine conclusively if it contains pre-boot passwords.') self.logger.log(' - The contents might have not been cleared by pre-boot firmware or overwritten with garbage.') self.logger.log(' - Visually inspect the contents of keyboard buffer for pre-boot passwords (BIOS, HDD, full-disk encryption).') else: self.logger.log_passed('Keyboard buffer looks empty. Pre-boot passwords do not seem to be exposed.') if has_contents: self.result.setStatusBit(self.result.status.POTENTIALLY_VULNERABLE) return self.result.getReturnCode(ModuleResult.WARNING) else: self.result.setStatusBit(self.result.status.SUCCESS) return self.result.getReturnCode(ModuleResult.PASSED) def run(self, module_argv: List[str]) -> int: self.logger.start_test('Pre-boot Passwords in the BIOS Keyboard Buffer') self.res = self.check_BIOS_keyboard_buffer() return self.res