Linux 4.4.0 < 4.4.0-53 - AF_PACKET chocobo_root Privilege Escalation Exploit

This Metasploit module exploits a race condition and use-after-free in the packetsetring function in net/packet/afpacket.c AFPACKET in the Linux kernel to execute code as root CVE-2016-8655. The bug was initially introduced in 2011 and patched in 2016 in version 4.4.0-53.74, potentially affecting...

Linux Kernel 3.x (Ubuntu 14.04 / Mint 17.3 / Fedora 22) - Double-free usb-midi SMEP Local Privilege

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits Source: https://xairy.github.io/blog/2016/cve-2016-2384 Source: https://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2016-2384 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfl1NJn1nvo Exploit-DB Note: This requires physical access to the machin...

shopify-scripts: Null pointer dereference in OP_ENTER

PoC === The following demonstrates a crash: class A def foo end end class B argv = ary-ptr; gdb p ary $1 = struct RArray 0x0 Test platform ============= Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon 64-bit, built with gcc version 4.8.4 Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu114.04.3 mruby SHA: a14a930c800aa50a191922580d53a2ce09287912...

Linux Kernel 3.x (Ubuntu 14.04 Mint 17.3 Fedora 22) - Double-free usb-midi SMEP Privilege Escalation

Linux Kernel 3.x Ubuntu 14.04 Mint 17.3 Fedora 22 - Double-free usb-midi SMEP Privilege Escalation Source: https://xairy.github.io/blog/2016/cve-2016-2384 Source: https://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2016-2384 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfl1NJn1nvo Exploit-DB Note...

Linux Kernel 3.x (Ubuntu 14.04 / Mint 17.3 / Fedora 22) - Double-free usb-midi SMEP Privilege Escalation

Source: https://xairy.github.io/blog/2016/cve-2016-2384 Source: https://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2016-2384 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfl1NJn1nvo Exploit-DB Note: This requires physical access to the machine, as well as local access on the system. - - - This...

Warning — Linux Mint Website Hacked and ISOs replaced with Backdoored Operating System

Are you also the one who downloaded Linux Mint on February 20th? You may have been Infected! Linux Mint is one of the best and popular Linux distros available today, but if you have downloaded and installed the operating system recently you might have done so using a malicious ISO image. Here's...