Full Disclosure: Re: /bin/rm file access vulnerability

[bkfsec <bkfsec () sdf lonestar org>]

J.A. Terranson wrote:

> When you feed trolls, they grow :-)
>  
Hey - I'm preplanning for Thanksgiving!

>  
>
> > Seriously, we seem to be getting more crap like this.  Are people just
> > bored?
> >    
> I'm bored :-)
>
>
>         mx1# touch killme
>         mx1# chmod 0 killme
>         mx1# ls -al killme
>         ----------  1 root  wheel  0 Dec 30 20:39 killme
>         mx1# rm killme
>         mx1# ls -al killme
>         ls: killme: No such file or directory
>         mx1#
>
> At least here s/he/it could have tried to wrap the old "should anyone be
> allowed to do this" trap around someone's ankles.  But the one below is
> just beyond lame - it's a troll with a neon sign attached flashing "FEED
> ME!"
>
>
>  
Agreed - or, at least, wrapped some humor in there other than a simple 
perl script.  Heh.
Something like a headline "UnCHEckED DefaceMENT in UID0 in *ALL* UnIx 
KernELS!" would have sufficed.
               -Barry


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