[Full-Disclosure] Re: [Security] [vendor-sec] Linux 2.4.x execve() file read race vulnerability

From: Crispin Cowan (crispinat_private)
Date: Fri Jun 27 2003 - 15:29:27 PDT

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NC Agent wrote:

> Hi people,
>
> again it is time to discover a funny bug inside the Linux execve() 
> system call.
> ...
> Obviously the setuid binary has been duplicated :-) (but with no 
> setuid flag of course). 

You mean there are actually still people who believe that granting x 
permission but not r permission actually prevents people from reading 
the file? I mean besides the crowd that believes in Santa Clause, the 
Easter Bunny, and Jesus :) I expect there to be a large number of ways 
to do this. This particular hack is cute, though :)

Crispin, equal opportunity offender :)

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