Apple OS X Rootpipe Privilege Escalation
Description
This module exploits a hidden backdoor API in Apple's Admin framework on Mac OS X to escalate privileges to root, dubbed "Rootpipe." This module was tested on Yosemite 10.10.2 and should work on previous versions. The patch for this issue was not backported to older releases. Note: you must run this exploit as an admin user to escalate to root.
Author(s)
- Emil Kvarnhammar
- joev <joev@metasploit.com>
- wvu <wvu@metasploit.com>
Platform
OSX
Architectures
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/osx/local/rootpipe
msf exploit(rootpipe) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(rootpipe) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(rootpipe) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(rootpipe) > exploit
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