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Progress Flowmon Local sudo privilege escalation

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Disclosed
Mar 19, 2024
Created
May 29, 2024

Description

This module abuses a feature of the sudo command on Progress Flowmon.
Certain binary files are allowed to automatically elevate
with the sudo command. This is based off of the file name. This
includes executing a PHP command with a specific file name. If the
file is overwritten with PHP code it can be used to elevate privileges
to root. Progress Flowmon up to at least version 12.3.5 is vulnerable.

Author

Dave Yesland with Rhino Security Labs

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

x86, 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/progress_flowmon_sudo_privesc_2024
    msf exploit(progress_flowmon_sudo_privesc_2024) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(progress_flowmon_sudo_privesc_2024) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(progress_flowmon_sudo_privesc_2024) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(progress_flowmon_sudo_privesc_2024) > exploit
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