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ICQ exploit

From: "Geo." <georger () nls net>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 14:21:57 -0500

While playing around with my laptop and desktop today I noticed something
with ICQ.

If you have ICQ setup on 2 machines using the same ICQ number, as soon as
the second machine starts ICQ up the first machine gets an error about your
ICQ number being used on another machine and immediately takes ICQ off line.

I don't know the mechanism that allows this but has anyone considered an
exploit based upon this mechanism? Seems to me a sequential run could knock
a whole bunch of people off ICQ..

Geo.

Current thread:

Re: Positive uses for rootkits, (continued)
- - - Re: Positive uses for rootkits Renee Teunissen (Mar 26)
    - Re: Positive uses for rootkits Dick Visser (Mar 26)
    - The use of immunix Renee Teunissen (Mar 26)
    - Re: Positive uses for rootkits Ben Ford (Mar 27)
    - Re: Positive uses for rootkits Martin 'Goran' Moravec (Mar 28)
    - Re: Positive uses for rootkits Kev (Mar 28)
    - Re: Positive uses for rootkits Ryan Permeh (Mar 29)
    - Kernel-level security (was Re: Positive uses for rootkits) Craig Boston (Mar 29)
    - Re: Positive uses for rootkits Gregor Binder (Mar 29)
- Re: Positive uses for rootkits Bosschert, B. (is-ks) (Mar 23)
  - ICQ exploit Geo. (Mar 28)
    - Re: ICQ exploit Jonathan James (Mar 28)
    - Re: ICQ exploit Mikko Ruskola (Mar 28)
    - Re: ICQ exploit Knud Erik Højgaard - CyberCity Support (Mar 28)
    - Re: ICQ exploit John (Mar 28)
    - Re: ICQ exploit Blake Frantz (Mar 28)