Published: 05/05/2009 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.4

VMScore: 695

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Race condition in the ptrace_attach function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.30-rc4 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_ATTACH ptrace call during an exec system call that is launching a setuid application, related to locking an incorrect cred_exec_mutex object.

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/* ptrace_attach privilege escalation exploit by s0m3b0dy [*] tested on Gentoo 2629rc1 grataz: Tazo, rassta, nukedclx, maciek, D0hannuk, mivus, wacky, nejmo, filo email: s0m3b0dy1 (at) gmailcom */ #include <grph> #include <stdioh> #include <fcntlh> #include <errnoh> #include <pathsh> #include <string ...

CWE-362 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/04/2 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.30-rc4 http://secunia.com/advisories/34977 http://www.osvdb.org/54188 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1236 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34799 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0084 http://secunia.com/advisories/35120 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50293 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503610/100/0/threaded http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cad81bc2529ab8c62b6fdc83a1c0c7f4a87209eb https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8673/

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