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CVE-2019-0211 is a local privilege-escalation vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.17 through 2.4.38 on Unix systems using the event, worker, or prefork MPM. Less-privileged code executing in Apache child processes or threads, including scripts executed through an in-process interpreter, can manipulate the shared-memory scoreboard. This permits the code to cause execution in the privileged parent process, which normally runs as root. Non-Unix systems are not affected.
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Repository contains a single exploit implementation, carpediem.php, plus a README describing CVE-2019-0211. This is a real local privilege-escalation exploit targeting Apache HTTP Server 2.4.17-2.4.38 on Linux, intended to be uploaded into a web-served directory and invoked via HTTP so it executes inside an Apache/PHP worker context. The exploit is not a framework module. The PHP code implements the CARPE DIEM technique: it triggers a PHP use-after-free via JsonSerializable/DateInterval object manipulation, converts that into arbitrary memory read/write, parses /proc/self/maps to discover runtime addresses instead of relying on hardcoded offsets, identifies Apache shared memory/scoreboard structures and relevant symbols, enumerates Apache worker PIDs from /proc, and corrupts Apache bucket/mutex method pointers so that on the next graceful restart Apache invokes system() before dropping privileges. The command executed as root is attacker-controlled through the cmd GET/POST parameter; the README documents a default outcome of setting the SUID bit on /usr/bin/python3.5 and also shows examples for copying /etc/shadow or launching a reverse shell. Repository structure is minimal: README.md provides vulnerability background, prerequisites, usage, success-rate notes, and mitigation guidance; carpediem.php is the operational exploit entry point. Because the payload is basic but customizable through an HTTP parameter, the exploit is best classified as OPERATIONAL rather than a simple PoC.
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A privilege-escalation vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server's scoreboard shared-memory handling that could permit a remote attacker who can upload and execute scripts to execute arbitrary code as root.
A privilege-escalation vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server allowing a less-privileged child process to escalate to the root-running parent process.
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server that allows local attackers to gain root-level access by manipulating worker processes.
A local privilege-escalation vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server Unix MPMs, where unprivileged server-side code could persistently alter scoreboard listener-bucket data and abuse the privileged parent process.
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