Description
Race condition in the Charles Proxy Settings suid binary in Charles Proxy before 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the --self-repair option.
Public exploits
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Exploit-DB 1
- Charles Proxy 4.2 - Local Privilege Escalation EDB-45107 · local · Jul 30, 2018
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