CVE-2017-3622 is a vulnerability in the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) component of Oracle Solaris 10, also referred to as "Extremeparr." The flaw allows a low-privileged local attacker with logon access to the Solaris infrastructure to escalate privileges and fully compromise the Solaris operating system. The vulnerability is easily exploitable and does not require user interaction.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module implementing a local privilege escalation exploit for Solaris systems vulnerable to CVE-2017-3622 (the 'EXTREMEPARR' dtappgather vulnerability). The exploit abuses a directory traversal flaw in the 'dtappgather' executable, allowing a local attacker to create arbitrary directories as root. The module creates a directory in '/usr/lib/locale', writes a malicious shared object to it, and then executes a SUID binary (default: /usr/bin/at) with a crafted environment variable to load the shared object, resulting in code execution as root. The exploit is weaponized, supporting customizable payloads (default: reverse shell) and automatic cleanup. The module is designed for use within the Metasploit framework and targets unpatched Solaris 9 and 10 systems. The code is well-structured, with clear separation of setup, exploitation, and cleanup phases, and includes checks for vulnerable conditions and required binaries.
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