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Sun Java Calendar Deserialization Privilege Escalation

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Sun Java Calendar Deserialization Privilege Escalation

Disclosed
12/03/2008
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a flaw in the deserialization of Calendar objects in the Sun JVM. The payload can be either a native payload which is generated as an executable and dropped/executed on the target or a shell from within the Java applet in the target browser. The affected Java versions are JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier (SDK and JRE 1.3.1 are not affected).

Author(s)

  • sf <stephen_fewer@harmonysecurity.com>
  • hdm <x@hdm.io>

Platform

Linux,OSX,Solaris,Windows

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

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