[mdlug] Linux root exploit

[Michael]

Got it. Thanks!

On Feb 11, 2008 8:29 AM, Joseph C. Bender <jcbender at bendorius.com> wrote:

> 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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