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ibstat $PATH Privilege Escalation

Disclosed
09/24/2013
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits the trusted $PATH environment variable of the SUID binary "ibstat".

Author(s)

  • Kristian Erik Hermansen
  • Sagi Shahar <sagi.shahar@mwrinfosecurity.com>
  • Kostas Lintovois <kostas.lintovois@mwrinfosecurity.com>

Platform

AIX,Unix

Architectures

cmd

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/aix/local/ibstat_path
msf exploit(ibstat_path) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(ibstat_path) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ibstat_path) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(ibstat_path) > exploit

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