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blueman set_dhcp_handler D-Bus Privilege Escalation

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Disclosed
Dec 18, 2015
Created
Mar 19, 2019

Description

This module attempts to gain root privileges by exploiting a Python
code injection vulnerability in blueman versions prior to 2.0.3.

The `org.blueman.Mechanism.EnableNetwork` D-Bus interface exposes the
`set_dhcp_handler` function which uses user input in a call to `eval`,
without sanitization, resulting in arbitrary code execution as root.

This module has been tested successfully with blueman version 1.23
on Debian 8 Jessie (x64).

Authors

Sebastian Krahmer
bcoles [email protected]

Platform

Linux

Architectures

x86, x64, armle, aarch64, riscv64le, riscv32le, ppc, mipsle, mipsbe

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