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Re: bug
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Najib Bakari <weirdobox at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:46:22 -0500
- Subject: Re: bug
- References: <e1dc19fa0412311103c4a6f37@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 07:03:43PM +0000, Najib Bakari wrote:
> an exploit they say it gives root.
For the readers of this list, this is no kind of exploit, just an old
and not especially funny joke. It preloads a module which overrides
getuid, making bash think it's root.
As usual, don't run suspicious looking code you find on mailing
lists...
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Daniel Jacobowitz