module
Emacs movemail Privilege Escalation
| Disclosed | Created |
|---|---|
| 08/01/1986 | 03/19/2019 |
Disclosed
08/01/1986
Created
03/19/2019
Description
This module exploits a SUID installation of the Emacs movemail utility
to run a command as root by writing to 4.3BSD's /usr/lib/crontab.local.
The vulnerability is documented in Cliff Stoll's book The Cuckoo's Egg.
to run a command as root by writing to 4.3BSD's /usr/lib/crontab.local.
The vulnerability is documented in Cliff Stoll's book The Cuckoo's Egg.
Authors
Markus HessCliff Stollwvu
Platform
Unix
Architectures
cmd
References
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/unix/local/emacs_movemail
msf /(l) > show actions
...actions...
msf /(l) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf /(l) > show options
...show and set options...
msf /(l) > run
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