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CVE-2015-8660 — Student research project analyzing CVE-2015-8660 overlayFS kernel vulnerability, including explanation, potential effects, and a crafted exploit demonstration for privilege escalation on Linux systems. | Kitploit
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CVE-2015-8660

Student research project analyzing CVE-2015-8660 overlayFS kernel vulnerability, including explanation, potential effects, and a crafted exploit demonstration for privilege escalation on Linux systems.

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CVE 2015-8660 Research

Description

This is research I conducted on the CVE 2015-8660 overlayFS vulnerability for my Operating System Security course final research project. The goal of this project was to find a Linux kernel vulnerability from 2012-2022, explain the vulnerability, explain the potential effects, and demonstrate the vulnerability using a crafted exploit. This vulnerability is caused by the ovl_setattr funtion located in the fs/overlayfs/inode.c program. When exploited via a crafted application, a malicious user will be able to gain privileged access to a loca machine. This vulnerability affects linux kernel versions through 4.3.3. My project research paper is included as well as a video of my demonstration using exploit code found on Exploit-db referenced below.

Tools Used

  • CVE Database
  • Virtual Machines (Ubuntu 15.04)

Environments Used

  • Ubuntu 15.04

References

  • exploitdb
  • CVE
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