ifwatchd Privilege Escalation
Description
This module attempts to gain root privileges on QNX 6.4.x and 6.5.x systems by exploiting the ifwatchd suid executable. ifwatchd allows users to specify scripts to execute using the '-A' command line argument; however, it does not drop privileges when executing user-supplied scripts, resulting in execution of arbitrary commands as root. This module has been tested successfully on QNX Neutrino 6.5.0 (x86) and 6.5.0 SP1 (x86).
Author(s)
- cenobyte
- Tim Brown
- bcoles <bcoles@gmail.com>
Platform
Unix
Architectures
cmd
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/qnx/local/ifwatchd_priv_esc
msf exploit(ifwatchd_priv_esc) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(ifwatchd_priv_esc) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ifwatchd_priv_esc) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(ifwatchd_priv_esc) > exploit
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