module

Linux udev Netlink Local Privilege Escalation

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Disclosed
Apr 16, 2009
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

Versions of udev coming from the kernel. This allows local users to gain privileges by
sending netlink messages from userland.

Authors

kcope
Jon Oberheide
egypt [email protected]

Platform

Linux

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