Fedora Security

netkit-telnet 0.17 Remote Code Execution
Operating System: Fedora ≈ Packet Storm Mar 5, 2020 | 20:57 pm
netkit-telnet version 0.17 telnetd on Fedora 31 BraveStarr remote code execution exploit.
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vReliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) rds_page_copy_user Privilege Escalation
Operating System: Fedora ≈ Packet Storm Dec 23, 2019 | 21:02 pm
This Metasploit module exploits a vulnerability in the rds_page_copy_user function in net/rds/page.c (RDS) in Linux kernel versions 2.6.30 to 2.6.36-rc8 to execute code as root (CVE-2010-3904). This module has been tested successfully on Fedora 13 (i686) kernel version 2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686.PAE and[…]
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Grub2 grub2-set-bootflag Environment Corruption
Operating System: Fedora ≈ Packet Storm Nov 27, 2019 | 23:02 pm
Grub2 has grub2-set-bootflag setuid in the new Fedora release and has the ability to corrupt the environment.
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SystemTap 1.3 MODPROBE_OPTIONS Privilege Escalation
Operating System: Fedora ≈ Packet Storm Apr 19, 2019 | 13:28 pm
This Metasploit module attempts to gain root privileges by exploiting a vulnerability in the staprun executable included with SystemTap version 1.3. The staprun executable does not clear environment variables prior to executing modprobe, allowing an arbitrary configuration file to be[…]
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Linux Nested User Namespace idmap Limit Local Privilege Escalation
Operating System: Fedora ≈ Packet Storm Nov 28, 2018 | 01:51 am
This Metasploit module exploits a vulnerability in Linux kernels 4.15.0 to 4.18.18, and 4.19.0 to 4.19.1, where broken uid/gid mappings between nested user namespaces and kernel uid/gid mappings allow elevation to root (CVE-2018-18955). The target system must have unprivileged user[…]
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Linux Kernel Local Privilege Escalation
Operating System: Fedora ≈ Packet Storm Jul 12, 2018 | 21:43 pm
Linux kernels prior to version 4.13.9 (Ubuntu 16.04/Fedora 27) local privilege escalation exploit.
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DHCP Client Command Injection (DynoRoot)
Operating System: Fedora ≈ Packet Storm Jun 12, 2018 | 23:58 pm
This Metasploit module exploits the DynoRoot vulnerability, a flaw in how the NetworkManager integration script included in the DHCP client in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7, Fedora 28, and earlier processes DHCP options. A malicious DHCP server, or[…]
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Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) Privilege Escalation
Operating System: Fedora ≈ Packet Storm May 19, 2018 | 06:48 am
This Metasploit module exploits a vulnerability in the rds_page_copy_user function in net/rds/page.c (RDS) in Linux kernel versions 2.6.30 to 2.6.36-rc8 to execute code as root (CVE-2010-3904). This Metasploit module has been tested successfully on Fedora 13 (i686) with kernel version[…]
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Libuser roothelper Privilege Escalation
Operating System: Fedora ≈ Packet Storm May 13, 2018 | 21:49 pm
This Metasploit module attempts to gain root privileges on Red Hat based Linux systems, including RHEL, Fedora and CentOS, by exploiting a newline injection vulnerability in libuser and userhelper versions prior to 0.56.13-8 and version 0.60 before 0.60-7. This Metasploit[…]
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MagniComp SysInfo mcsiwrapper Privilege Escalation
Operating System: Fedora ≈ Packet Storm Feb 20, 2018 | 14:09 pm
This Metasploit module attempts to gain root privileges on systems running MagniComp SysInfo versions prior to 10-H64. The .mcsiwrapper suid executable allows loading a config file using the '--configfile' argument. The 'ExecPath' config directive is used to set the executable[…]
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