CVE-2023-4911 PoC — Glibc: buffer overflow in ld.so leading to privilege escalation

Source

https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/code/cves/2023/CVE-2023-4911.yaml

Associated Vulnerability

Title: Glibc: buffer overflow in ld.so leading to privilege escalation (CVE-2023-4911)
Description:A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.

Description

A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.

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