EDB-40688

functional

Linux Kernel (Ubuntu / Fedora / RedHat) - 'Overlayfs' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

view exploit source exploit_dbverifiedtype localauthor Metasploitpublished 2016-11-02catalog exploit_db
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exploited CVEs (2)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2015-1328UShigh7.8Exploit
The overlayfs implementation in the linux (aka Linux kernel) package before 3.19.0-21.21 in Ubuntu through 15.04 does not properly check permissions for file creation in the upper…
CVE-2015-8660USmedium6.7Exploit
The ovl_setattr function in fs/overlayfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 attempts to merge distinct setattr operations, which allows local users to bypass intended access…
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