[mdlug] Linux root exploit

[Joseph C. Bender]

Michael wrote:
> Per the group's response to my
> comment the exploit gives the user access to id=0 not necessarily the root
> account, am I understanding correctly?
> 
	Yup.  It's a privilege escalation exploit.  That being said, if an 
attacker gets UID=0, it's game over anyway, they have superuser privs.



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