Monday, 9 May 2011

[FreeBSD] Privilege Escalation using Jails

An interesting discussion is underway on the mailing of security freebsd. This is not necessarily new but it is given to the style of the day since the following post .
If a user gets the root in a FreeBSD jail and creates an executable SUID, then an unprivileged user can run the binary with root from the host, so to gain elevation of privilege on the host.

Ex:
From a jail:
[Root @

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