EIP-2026-102837

PRE-CVE

FireEye - Malware Input Processor Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-102837. PoCs published by Google Security Research.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a writable Snort configuration file by the 'contents' group to load a malicious shared library via the 'dynamicengine' directive, achieving root privilege escalation on a FireEye appliance. The shared library executes arbitrary commands upon Snort process restart.

Description

FireEye - Malware Input Processor Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · textlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39628

This exploit leverages a writable Snort configuration file by the 'contents' group to load a malicious shared library via the 'dynamicengine' directive, achieving root privilege escalation on a FireEye appliance. The shared library executes arbitrary commands upon Snort process restart.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: FireEye appliance (Snort configuration)
Auth required
Prerequisites: Access to the 'mip' user or a user with supplementary 'contents' group · Write access to a directory with 'exec' mount option (e.g., /dev/shm) · Ability to restart Snort process or wait for automatic restart
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026