Description
restore 0.4b15 and earlier in Red Hat Linux 6.2 trusts the pathname specified by the RSH environmental variable, which allows local users to obtain root privileges by modifying the RSH variable to point to a Trojan horse program.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 3
- RedHat 6.2 - '/sbin/restore' Local Privilege Escalation EDB-182 · local · Nov 16, 2000 · verified
- RedHat 6.2 Restore and Dump - Local Privilege Escalation EDB-184 · local · Nov 16, 2000 · verified
- RedHat 0.4 b15 restore - Insecure Environment Variables EDB-20385 · local · Nov 4, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1914 vdb-entry
- 20001104 Redhat 6.2 restore exploit mailing-list