/etc/passwd corruption

[halfdog <me () halfdog net>]

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Hello List,

On ubuntu lucid, I found a way to add corrupted entries to /etc/passwd
e.g. "AAA\n", but not to /etc/shadow. Does someone know a way to use
that for privilege escalation? What is the "+" line handling in
/etc/passwd for?

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