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Android 'su' Privilege Escalation

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Disclosed
2017-08-31
Created
2019-03-19

Description

This module uses the su binary present on rooted devices to run
a payload as root.

A rooted Android device will contain a su binary (often linked with
an application) that allows the user to run commands as root.
This module will use the su binary to execute a command stager
as root. The command stager will write a payload binary to a
temporary directory, make it executable, execute it in the background,
and finally delete the executable.

On most devices the su binary will pop-up a prompt on the device
asking the user for permission.

Author

timwr

Platform

Android,Linux

Architectures

aarch64, armle, x86, x64, mipsle

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/android/local/su_exec
    msf exploit(su_exec) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(su_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(su_exec) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(su_exec) > exploit
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