EDB-44696

functional

Linux 4.4.0 < 4.4.0-53 - 'AF_PACKET chocobo_root' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

view exploit source exploit_dbverifiedtype localauthor Metasploitpublished 2018-05-22catalog exploit_db
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exploited CVEs (1)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2016-8655UShigh7.8Exploit
Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging the CA…
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