CVE-2024-48990-PoC

CVE-2024-48990-PoC What is needrestart and how does it work? Needrestart is a widely used utility on Linux systems default on many Ubuntu versions that checks after a software update whether any service or the system itself needs to be restarted. By analyzing running processes, it determines if...

CVE-2024-48990

CVE-2024-48990 POC Overview Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Python interpreter with an attacker-controlled PYTHONPATH environment variable. This repository contains a...

EUVD-2012-5542

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The vulnerability of the needrestart utility, related to the uncontrolled element in the search process, allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the root user.

The vulnerability of the needrestart utility is related to an uncontrolled element in the search process. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code in the context of the root user by manipulating the PYTHONPATH variable during Python initialization...