> x11 audio mpeg player (x11amp) version 0.65, when installed setuid root > (as suggested by the README file), creates playlist files in ~/.x11amp > while making 'root' the owner of these plaintext files (instead of the > proper user). unfortunatelly, the program DOES follow symlinks, and > overwriting for instance /etc/shadow is therefore trivial: > > mkdir ~/.x11amp > ln -s /etc/shadow ~/.x11amp/ekl > > now run x11amp, get into the playlist menu, select 'ekl', mark all the > entries and hit 'delete'. no matter if the prg crashes (it might), > /etc/shadow is gone, anyway. >-- End of excerpt from Automatic digest processor you can also read files not owned by you, but I have not found a way to display them yet. But, if another user has a lot of mp3 files, fire up x11amp and you'll be able to play them. also, start x11amp with a VERY VERY VERY LONG filename and it seg faults.... buffer overflow? -- trnat_private - [LwZ] - http://www.flinet.com/~trn I poured Spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone. *sniff*
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