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Multiple Linux / Unix Post Sudo Upgrade Shell

Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module attempts to upgrade a shell account to UID 0 by reusing the given password and passing it to sudo. This technique relies on sudo versions from 2008 and later which support -A.

Author(s)

  • todb <todb@metasploit.com>
  • Ryan Baxendale <rbaxendale@gmail.com>

Platform

AIX,Linux,OSX,Solaris,Unix

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

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