Dirty COW Vulnerability
what is dirty cow vulnerability? Dirty COW was a vulnerability in the Linux kernel. It allowed processes to write read-only files. This exploit made use of a race condition that lived inside the kernel functions which handle the copy-on-write (COW) feature of memory mappings. CVE number of dirty cow- CVE-2016-5195 · About CVE-2016-5195 – A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel’s memory subsystem handles the copy-on-write breakage of private read-only memory mappings. · An attacker would first require access to a shell on the device before they could use this exploit. What does this vulnerability do? This vulnerability allows the user to bypass the normal file system protections and write to files that are owned by the system. Consequences · Opens up many avenues for attack, · which results in the unpr...