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Exploit para escalada de privilegios en Linux basado en la vulnerabilidad Dirty Cow (CVE-2016-5195). Incluye binario, código fuente e instrucciones para su uso en entornos controlados.

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Privilege Escalation with Dirty COW (CVE-2016-5195)

Author: Samuel García
Academy: 4Geeks Academy
Date: 25/06/2025


Description

Dirty COW is a critical Linux kernel vulnerability (≤ 4.8.3) that allows a local attacker to modify read-only files through a race condition, escalating privileges to root.


Objective

Simulate a controlled attack using the Dirty Cow exploit to:

  • Verify kernel vulnerability.
  • Compile and transfer the exploit.
  • Execute and escalate privileges on the victim machine.

Requirements

  • Victim machine: Ubuntu 16.04.1 (kernel 4.4.0-21-generic)
  • Victim user: student (password: password123)
  • Attacker machine: Kali Linux
  • Tools: Docker, g++, scp

Detailed steps in the attached report as .PDF

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