Linux Kernel <= 2.6.37 - Local Privilege Escalation

No description provided by source. / Linux Kernel = 2.6.37 local privilege escalation by Dan Rosenberg @djrbliss on twitter Usage: gcc full-nelson.c -o full-nelson ./full-nelson This exploit leverages three vulnerabilities to get root, all of which were discovered by Nelson Elhage: CVE-2010-4258...

kernel: no access restrictions of /proc/pid/* after setuid program exec

The proc filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.37 and earlier does not restrict access to the /proc directory tree of a process after this process performs an exec of a setuid program, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service via open, lsee...