CVE-2020-15704

The modprobe child process in the ./debian/patches/loadpppgenericifneeded patch file incorrectly handled module loading. A local non-root attacker could exploit the MODPROBEOPTIONS environment variable to read arbitrary root files. Fixed in 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4, 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2,...

Design/Logic Flaw

The modprobe child process in the ./debian/patches/loadpppgenericifneeded patch file incorrectly handled module loading. A local non-root attacker could exploit the MODPROBEOPTIONS environment variable to read arbitrary root files. Fixed in 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4, 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2,...

CVE-2020-15704 pppd arbitrary file read information disclosure vulnerability

The modprobe child process in the ./debian/patches/loadpppgenericifneeded patch file incorrectly handled module loading. A local non-root attacker could exploit the MODPROBEOPTIONS environment variable to read arbitrary root files. Fixed in 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4, 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2,...

CVE-2020-15704

The modprobe child process in the ./debian/patches/loadpppgenericifneeded patch file incorrectly handled module loading. A local non-root attacker could exploit the MODPROBEOPTIONS environment variable to read arbitrary root files. Fixed in 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.4, 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm2,...

SystemTap 1.3 - MODPROBE_OPTIONS Privilege Escalation Exploit

This Metasploit module attempts to gain root privileges by exploiting a vulnerability in the staprun executable included with SystemTap version 1.3. The staprun executable does not clear environment variables prior to executing modprobe, allowing an arbitrary configuration file to be specified in...

SystemTap 1.3 - MODPROBE_OPTIONS Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'SystemTap MODPROBEOPTIONS Privilege Escalation', 'Description' = %q This module attempts to gain root privileges by exploiting a vulnerability in...

SystemTap MODPROBE_OPTIONS Privilege Escalation

This module attempts to gain root privileges by exploiting a vulnerability in the staprun executable included with SystemTap version 1.3. The staprun executable does not clear environment variables prior to executing modprobe, allowing an arbitrary configuration file to be specified in the...

ntfs-3g - Unsanitized modprobe Environment Privilege Escalation

Source: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1072 ntfs-3g is installed by default e.g. on Ubuntu and comes with a setuid root program /bin/ntfs-3g. When this program is invoked on a system whose kernel does not support FUSE filesystems detected by getfusefstype, ntfs-3g...

Systemtap: Insecure loading of modules

The staprun runtime tool in SystemTap 1.3 does not properly clear the environment before executing modprobe, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the MODPROBEOPTIONS environment variable to specify a malicious configuration file...