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SubjectRe: Linux proc exploit
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D.P.Simpson@ecs.soton.ac.uk wrote:
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> Linux has a vulnerability in the proc filing system: it can be used
> by root to escape from chroot() areas.

Any "root" user inside a chrooted environment is also root on the
whole machine. The intent of a chrooted environment is that those
confined to that "jail" don't have the holes available to become root.

Roger.


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