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CVE-2015-1130, known as 'rootpipe', is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Admin Framework of Apple OS X (before 10.10.3). The flaw is due to a hidden backdoor API in the Admin framework, accessible via XPC, which allows local users to bypass authentication and obtain root privileges. The vulnerability can be exploited by interacting with the WriteConfigClient using Objective-C code, enabling the creation of files with root privileges and setting the setuid bit. The issue existed since at least OS X 10.7 and was present in all versions up to 10.10.2. The vulnerability was responsibly disclosed in October 2014 and publicly demonstrated after the patch release.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module (modules/exploits/osx/local/rootpipe.rb) that exploits the 'Rootpipe' privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2015-1130) in Apple OS X versions 10.9 through 10.10.2. The exploit leverages a hidden backdoor API in Apple's Admin framework to escalate privileges from an admin user to root. The module checks for the correct OS version and admin group membership, writes a Python exploit script and a Mach-O payload to a writable directory (default: '/.Trashes'), and executes them to gain root privileges and run the payload as root. The default payload is a reverse shell, but any compatible Metasploit payload can be used. The exploit requires local access and admin privileges on the target system. The code is written in Ruby and is structured as a standard Metasploit local exploit module.
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