glibc - 'realpath()' Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule "glibc 'realpath' Privilege Escalation", 'Description' = %q This module attempts to gain root privileges on Linux systems by abusing a vulnerabili...

glibc 'realpath()' Privilege Escalation

This module attempts to gain root privileges on Linux systems by abusing a vulnerability in GNU C Library glibc version 2.26 and prior. This module uses halfdog's RationalLove exploit to exploit a buffer underflow in glibc realpath and create a SUID root shell. The exploit has offsets for glibc...