EIP-2026-102977

PRE-CVE

RedStar 2.0 Desktop - 'World-writeable rc.sysinit' Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-102977. PoCs published by prdelka.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a world-writeable '/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit' file in Red Star 2.0 to execute arbitrary commands on boot, demonstrating local privilege escalation by adding a root user to '/etc/passwd'.

Description

RedStar 2.0 Desktop - 'World-writeable rc.sysinit' Local Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by prdelka · textlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35748

This exploit leverages a world-writeable '/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit' file in Red Star 2.0 to execute arbitrary commands on boot, demonstrating local privilege escalation by adding a root user to '/etc/passwd'.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Red Star 2.0 desktop
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · World-writeable '/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit' file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026