CVE-2009-1527
Linux Kernel < 2.6.30-rc4 - Privilege Escalation via PTRACE_ATTACH Race Condition
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-1527. PoCs published by s0m3b0dy.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a ptrace_attach vulnerability (CVE-2009-1527) to inject shellcode into a SUID binary (gpasswd) for local privilege escalation. It writes a SUID root shell to /tmp/.exp and executes it.
Description
Race condition in the ptrace_attach function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 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.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a ptrace_attach vulnerability (CVE-2009-1527) to inject shellcode into a SUID binary (gpasswd) for local privilege escalation. It writes a SUID root shell to /tmp/.exp and executes it.