Debian/Ubuntu ntfs-3g Local Privilege Escalation
Description
ntfs-3g mount helper in Ubuntu 16.04, 16.10, Debian 7, 8, and possibly 9 does not properly sanitize the environment when executing modprobe. This can be abused to load a kernel module and execute a binary payload as the root user.
Author(s)
- jannh <jannh@google.com>
- h00die <mike@shorebreaksecurity.com>
Platform
Linux
Architectures
x86, x64
Development
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/ntfs3g_priv_esc
msf exploit(ntfs3g_priv_esc) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(ntfs3g_priv_esc) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ntfs3g_priv_esc) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(ntfs3g_priv_esc) > exploit
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