Description
The Command Line Interface (CLI), aka Adonis Administration Console, on the BlueCat Networks Adonis DNS/DHCP appliance 5.0.2.8 allows local admin users to gain root privileges on the underlying operating system via shell metacharacters in a command.
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 1
- BlueCat Networks Adonis 5.0.2.8 - CLI Privilege Escalation EDB-30503 · local · Aug 16, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 26495 third-party-advisory
- 25342 vdb-entry
- adonis-dnsdhcpcli-privilege-escalation(36082) vdb-entry
- 1018584 vdb-entry
- 3025 third-party-advisory
- 20070816 TS-2007-003-0: BlueCat Networks Adonis CLI root privilege escalation mailing-list
- 39398 vdb-entry
- 20070820 Re: TS-2007-003-0: BlueCat Networks Adonis CLI root privilege escalation mailing-list