Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:32:58 -0400 | From | Ben Collins <> | Subject | Re: Is there something that can be done against this ??? |
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On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 09:56:37PM +0300, Mircea Ciocan wrote: > The attached piece of script kiddie shit is the first one that worked > flawlessly on my Mandrake box :((( ( kernel 2.4.7ac2, glibc-2.2.3 ), > instant root access !!!. > I was stunned, and it seem that is the beginning of a Linux Code Red > lookalike worm :(((( using that exploit, probably this is not the most > apropriate place to send this, but I'm not subscribed to the glibc > mailing list and I just hope that some glibc hackers are on linux kernel > list also and they see that and do something before we join the ranks of > M$.
Wow, someone tried to pass off this as an exploit? Looks very much like Debian's fakeroot package, used to give a false root lookalike shell (helps when building things as normal user, when they need to think they are root).
Nice, but not an exploit. Just a cheap old trick.
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