module

Linux udev Netlink Local Privilege Escalation

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Disclosed
2009-04-16
Created
2018-05-30

Description

Versions of udev coming from the kernel. This allows local users to gain privileges by
sending netlink messages from userland.

Authors

kcope
Jon Oberheide
egypt egypt@metasploit.com

Platform

Linux

Architectures

x86, x64

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands ‘show options’ or ‘show advanced’:


    msf > use exploit/linux/local/udev_netlink
    msf exploit(udev_netlink) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(udev_netlink) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(udev_netlink) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(udev_netlink) > exploit
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