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JCL to Escalate Privileges

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JCL to Escalate Privileges

Created
05/30/2018

Description

(Elevate privileges for user. Adds SYSTEM SPECIAL and BPX.SUPERUSER to user profile. Does this by using an unsecured/updateable APF authorized library (APFLIB) and updating the user's ACEE using this program/library. Note: This privesc only works with z/OS systems using RACF, no other ESM is supported.)

Author(s)

  • Bigendian Smalls
  • Ayoub

Platform

Mainframe

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':

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