Overlayfs Privilege Escalation
This module attempts to exploit two different CVEs related to overlayfs. CVE-2015-1328: Ubuntu specific -> 3.13.0-24 (14.04 default) < 3.13.0-55 3.16.0-25 (14.10 default) < 3.16.0-41 3.19.0-18 (15.04 default) < 3.19.0-21 CVE-2015-8660: Ubuntu: 3.19.0-18 < 3.19.0-43 4.2.0-18 < 4.2.0-23 (14.04.1, 15.10) Fedora: < 4.2.8 (vulnerable, un-tested) Red Hat: < 3.10.0-327 (rhel 6, vulnerable, un-tested)
Module Name
exploit/linux/local/overlayfs_priv_esc
Authors
- h00die <mike [at] shorebreaksecurity.com>
- rebel
References
Targets
- CVE-2015-1328
- CVE-2015-8660
Platforms
- linux
Architectures
- x86
- x64
Reliability
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/overlayfs_priv_esc
msf exploit(overlayfs_priv_esc) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(overlayfs_priv_esc) > set TARGET <target-id>
msf exploit(overlayfs_priv_esc) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(overlayfs_priv_esc) > exploit
Related Vulnerabilities
- Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2015-8660: kernel security update
- USN-2640-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
- USN-2641-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability
- USN-2642-1: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability
- USN-2643-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
- USN-2644-1: Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerability
- USN-2645-1: Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerability
- USN-2646-1: Linux kernel vulnerability
- USN-2647-1: Linux kernel vulnerability