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From: Fabbione <fabbione@fabbione.net>
To: root@chaos.analogic.com
Cc: Kitwor <kitwor@kki.net.pl>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: old exploit works!!!
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 22:32:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BC35EF1.DB7E1824@fabbione.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.1011009161252.4052A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>

I made the same test but it just locked the xterm.

Fabbione

"Richard B. Johnson" wrote:
> 
> Erm. Doesn't work. Just creates a non-root shell with a bad
> environment. It says "Bug exploited successfully", but it's
> simply confused.
> 
> Script started on Tue Oct  9 16:07:45 2001
> $ whoami
> rjohnson
> $ gcc -o xxx c.c
> $ ./xxx
> Bug exploited successfully.
> bash$ vi /etc/passwd
> This termcap entry lacks the :cm=: capability
> This termcap entry lacks the :ce=: capability
> "/etc/passwd" [READONLY] 32 lines, 1594 chars
> :1
> root:Deleted:0:0:System Administration:/root:/bin/bash
> :w!
> Can't write to "/etc/passwd" -- NOT WRITTEN
> :q
> bash$ exit
> exit
> $ exit
> exit
> 
> Script done on Tue Oct  9 16:08:54 2001
> On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Kitwor wrote:
> 
> > Old exploit which works on kernels up to 2.2.18 (itr doesn't work on 2.2.19)
> > works on 2.4.9!!
> > I attach that exploit.
> >
> 
> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson
> 
> Penguin : Linux version 2.4.1 on an i686 machine (799.53 BogoMips).
> 
>     I was going to compile a list of innovations that could be
>     attributed to Microsoft. Once I realized that Ctrl-Alt-Del
>     was handled in the BIOS, I found that there aren't any.
> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2001-10-09 20:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-10-09 19:48 PROBLEM: old exploit works!!! Kitwor
2001-10-09 20:16 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-10-09 20:32   ` Fabbione [this message]
2001-10-09 20:52     ` Richard B. Johnson
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-10-09 20:59 Manfred Spraul

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