This module exploits a vulnerability in the Linux apport application. The apport application can be forced to drop privileges to uid 0 and write a corefile anywhere on the system. This can be used to write a corefile with crafted contents in a suitable location to gain root privileges.

This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in linuxconf. The vulnerability is due to insufficient bounds checking of the LINUXCONF_LANG environment variable.

Libdbus 1.5.x and earlier, when used in setuid processes not clearing the environment variables, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable. This module exploits the vulnerability as present on the Xorg setuid binary and installs an agent with root privileges.

There is an exploitable buffer overflow in the SSINC.DLL file used by Microsoft IIS 5.0. The problem is triggered while including long enough filenames in any ASP file. After successful exploitation an agent will be installed. The process being exploited is usually run as an IUSR or IWAM user, specially created for IIS to answer anonymous requests. If this condition is present, the newly deployed agent will run with an unprivileged user. In most cases, the RevertToSelf Win32 API call can be used, available with the RevertToSelf module (see "RevertToSelf") to replace the current process access token with the saved one, usually SYSTEM, thus, effectively gaining full control of the target host.

IBM Director is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability that affects the CIM server. Attackers can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges in the context of the CIM server process.

The GNU C dynamic linker (ld.so) is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. This module exploits the vulnerability to create a world writable file in the /etc/cron.d directory. Then it uses the file to install an agent with root privileges. Finally the world writable file is deleted.

The GNU C library (GNU glibc) is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. This module exploits the vulnerability to install an agent with root privileges.

The bdfReadCharacters() function in the libXfont component of X.Org is prone to a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted BDF font file. This vulnerability can be exploited by a local unprivileged attacker to gain root privileges.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges. Successfully exploiting this issue will facilitate the complete compromise of affected computers.

On Intel CPUs, sysret to non-canonical addresses causes a fault on the sysret instruction itself after the stack pointer is set to guest value but before the current privilege level (CPL) is changed. FreeBSD is vulnerable to this issue due to insufficient sanity checks when returning from a system call. This module exploits the vulnerability and installs an agent with root privileges.