Read user certificates only from the session of the active profile's owner

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Viktor Liu
2026-10-02 12:32:27 +02:00
parent e0b6a38aa2
commit a91fe94ada
10 changed files with 196 additions and 40 deletions
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package certproof
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"unsafe"
log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -10,11 +11,14 @@ import (
const (
noActiveSession = 0xFFFFFFFF
servicesSession = 0
// wtsCurrentServer is WTS_CURRENT_SERVER_HANDLE and wtsActive is WTSActive of
// WTS_CONNECTSTATE_CLASS. Neither is exported by x/sys/windows.
// wtsCurrentServer is WTS_CURRENT_SERVER_HANDLE; wtsActive and wtsDisconnected are
// WTSActive and WTSDisconnected of WTS_CONNECTSTATE_CLASS. None is exported by
// x/sys/windows.
wtsCurrentServer = windows.Handle(0)
wtsActive = 0
wtsDisconnected = 4
)
// DesktopUser is an interactive session and the account signed into it. The user's
@@ -33,37 +37,91 @@ func (u DesktopUser) Close() {
}
}
// CurrentDesktopUser returns a token for the interactive user whose certificate store
// should be asked. The physical console comes first, and an active remote desktop
// session is used when nobody is at the console, which is how servers and VDI hosts are
// normally reached. The second return is false at the sign-in screen, where no
// interactive session exists and only machine certificates can be proven.
// CurrentDesktopUser returns a token for the session whose certificate store should be
// asked: a session of owner, the account the active profile belongs to, with the
// physical console preferred over remote sessions. With no owner only the console user
// counts. Picking any signed-in user instead would let whoever else is logged in to a
// terminal server or VDI host decide the result. The second return is false when no
// such session exists, and only machine certificates can then be proven.
//
// Obtaining the token needs SE_TCB_NAME, which the LocalSystem service has and an
// ordinary process does not.
func CurrentDesktopUser() (DesktopUser, bool) {
if session := windows.WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId(); session != noActiveSession {
if user, ok := desktopUser(session); ok {
return user, true
}
log.Debugf("console session %d has nobody signed in, looking for an active remote session", session)
func CurrentDesktopUser(owner string) (DesktopUser, bool) {
console := windows.WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId()
if owner == "" {
return consoleUser(console)
}
sessions, err := activeSessions()
match, err := ownerMatcher(owner)
if err != nil {
log.Debugf("certificate posture: %v", err)
return DesktopUser{}, false
}
sessions, err := userSessions(console)
if err != nil {
log.Debugf("cannot enumerate terminal sessions: %v", err)
return DesktopUser{}, false
}
for _, session := range sessions {
if user, ok := desktopUser(session); ok {
user, ok := desktopUser(session)
if !ok {
continue
}
if match(user) {
return user, true
}
user.Close()
}
log.Debug("no interactive session is signed in, no user certificate store is reachable")
log.Debugf("certificate posture: profile owner %s has no signed-in session, no user certificate store is reachable", owner)
return DesktopUser{}, false
}
func consoleUser(console uint32) (DesktopUser, bool) {
if console == noActiveSession || console == servicesSession {
log.Debug("no console session, no user certificate store is reachable")
return DesktopUser{}, false
}
user, ok := desktopUser(console)
if !ok {
log.Debugf("console session %d has nobody signed in, no user certificate store is reachable", console)
}
return user, ok
}
// ownerMatcher reports whether a session user is owner. Accounts are compared by SID,
// which is what identifies a Windows account; the name comparison is a fallback for an
// owner name that no longer resolves, and is case-insensitive like Windows account names.
func ownerMatcher(owner string) (func(DesktopUser) bool, error) {
ownerSID, _, _, err := windows.LookupSID("", owner)
if err != nil {
log.Debugf("certificate posture: resolving profile owner %s: %v, matching by name", owner, err)
return func(user DesktopUser) bool { return sameAccountName(user.Name, owner) }, nil
}
return func(user DesktopUser) bool {
tokenUser, err := user.Token.GetTokenUser()
if err != nil {
log.Debugf("failed reading token user of session %d: %v", user.Session, err)
return false
}
return tokenUser.User.Sid.Equals(ownerSID)
}, nil
}
// sameAccountName compares DOMAIN\account names case-insensitively, and an owner given
// without a domain against the account part alone.
func sameAccountName(sessionName, owner string) bool {
if strings.EqualFold(sessionName, owner) {
return true
}
if strings.Contains(owner, `\`) {
return false
}
_, account, found := strings.Cut(sessionName, `\`)
return found && strings.EqualFold(account, owner)
}
func desktopUser(session uint32) (DesktopUser, bool) {
var token windows.Token
if err := windows.WTSQueryUserToken(session, &token); err != nil {
@@ -97,7 +155,10 @@ func tokenAccount(token windows.Token) (string, error) {
return domain + `\` + account, nil
}
func activeSessions() ([]uint32, error) {
// userSessions lists the sessions a user can be signed in to, console first, then
// active remote sessions, then disconnected ones, whose user is still signed in. Session
// 0 is skipped: it hosts services and never belongs to an interactive user.
func userSessions(console uint32) ([]uint32, error) {
var info *windows.WTS_SESSION_INFO
var count uint32
if err := windows.WTSEnumerateSessions(wtsCurrentServer, 0, 1, &info, &count); err != nil {
@@ -105,13 +166,19 @@ func activeSessions() ([]uint32, error) {
}
defer windows.WTSFreeMemory(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(info)))
var active []uint32
for _, session := range unsafe.Slice(info, count) {
if session.State == wtsActive {
active = append(active, session.SessionID)
var sessions []uint32
if console != noActiveSession && console != servicesSession {
sessions = append(sessions, console)
}
for _, state := range []uint32{wtsActive, wtsDisconnected} {
for _, session := range unsafe.Slice(info, count) {
if session.SessionID == servicesSession || session.SessionID == console || session.State != state {
continue
}
sessions = append(sessions, session.SessionID)
}
}
return active, nil
return sessions, nil
}
// runningAsLocalSystem reports whether this process is the service. The helper runs as