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Solaris pfexec Upgrade Shell

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Disclosed	Created
N/A	Mar 19, 2019

Disclosed

N/A

Created

Mar 19, 2019

Description

This module attempts to upgrade a shell session to UID 0 using pfexec.

Author

bcoles [email protected]

Platform

Solaris

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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 post/solaris/escalate/pfexec
    msf post(pfexec) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf post(pfexec) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf post(pfexec) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf post(pfexec) > run

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