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Re: /bin/rm file access vulnerability


From: bkfsec <bkfsec () sdf lonestar org>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:28:17 -0500

J.A. Terranson wrote:


When you feed trolls, they grow :-)
Hey - I'm preplanning for Thanksgiving!

Seriously, we seem to be getting more crap like this.  Are people just
bored?

I'm bored :-)


        mx1# touch killme
        mx1# chmod 0 killme
        mx1# ls -al killme
        ----------  1 root  wheel  0 Dec 30 20:39 killme
        mx1# rm killme
        mx1# ls -al killme
        ls: killme: No such file or directory
        mx1#

At least here s/he/it could have tried to wrap the old "should anyone be
allowed to do this" trap around someone's ankles.  But the one below is
just beyond lame - it's a troll with a neon sign attached flashing "FEED
ME!"


Agreed - or, at least, wrapped some humor in there other than a simple perl script. Heh.

Something like a headline "UnCHEckED DefaceMENT in UID0 in *ALL* UnIx KernELS!" would have sufficed.

               -Barry


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