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OS X VMWare Fusion Privilege Escalation via Bash Environment Code Injection (Shellshock)
Disclosed | Created |
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Sep 24, 2014 | May 30, 2018 |
Disclosed
Sep 24, 2014
Created
May 30, 2018
Description
This module exploits the Shellshock vulnerability, a flaw in how the Bash shell
handles external environment variables. This module targets the VMWare Fusion
application, allowing an unprivileged local user to get root access.
handles external environment variables. This module targets the VMWare Fusion
application, allowing an unprivileged local user to get root access.
Authors
Stephane Chazelas
juken
joev joev@metasploit.com
mubix mubix@hak5.org
juken
joev joev@metasploit.com
mubix mubix@hak5.org
Platform
OSX
Architectures
x64
References
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