CVE-2021-3493 Ubuntu OverlayFS Local Privesc (Interactive Bash Shell & Execute Command Entered)# CVE-2021-3493

Ubuntu OverlayFS Local Privesc
## Description
"Ubuntu specific issue in the overlayfs file system in the Linux kernel where it did not properly validate the application of file system capabilities with respect to user namespaces. A local attacker could use this to gain elevated privileges, due to a patch carried in Ubuntu to allow unprivileged overlayfs mounts." [- Ubuntu Security](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3493)
> Fixed in Linux 5.11
## Affected Versions
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 19.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
> checklist: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3493
## Usage
- ```gcc exploit.c -o exploit```
- ```chmod +x exploit```
- ```./exploit shell|command```
## References
- https://github.com/briskets/CVE-2021-3493
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├── [901K] exploit
├── [3.7K] exploit.c
├── [4.0K] images
│ └── [552K] sample.png
└── [ 852] README.md
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