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IGEL OS Privilege Escalation (via systemd service)

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Disclosed
Jul 10, 2024
Created
Nov 26, 2025

Description

Escalate privileges for IGEL OS Workspace Edition sessions, by modifying
network-manager.service using setup_cmd (SUID) and network, then restarting
the service.

Author

Zack Didcott

Platform

Linux

Architectures

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