From owner-freebsd-security Mon Jun 24 13:19:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-security Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA27560 for security-outgoing; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 13:19:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.43.52]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA27519; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 13:19:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from richardc@localhost) by soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA19341; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 13:19:28 -0700 Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 13:19:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Veggy Vinny To: Mark Murray cc: Wilko Bulte , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , guido@gvr.win.tue.nl, hackers@freebsd.org, security@freebsd.org, ache@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I need help on this one - please help me track this guy down! In-Reply-To: <199606242013.WAA06237@grumble.grondar.za> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-security@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, Mark Murray wrote: > Veggy Vinny wrote: > > Speaking about security, we are running a FreeBSD box and there > > is a guy that has this program that can get root shell as long as he has > > any account, can someone look into this and find out how he does it? > > Take claims like this with a pinch of salt. ;-) I know but I tried it and it does let me run vipw ;-) > What is the program? If we know how it works, we can fix any secuity hole > it may be exploiting. Hmmm, the program is called root, no sources.. it's just a 278k binary... Cheers, -Vince- richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU - vince@COSC.GOV - vince@cygnus.sy.yale.edu GUS Mailing Lists Admin - http://www.COSC.GOV/~vince UC Berkeley AstroPhysics (B.S.) - Electrical Engineering (Honorary B.S.) Chabot Observatory & Science Center - Oakland, California USA Computing Networking Operations - Advisory Council Member Running FreeBSD - Real UN*X for Free! Linda Wong/Vivian Chow/Hacken Lee/Danny Chan/Priscilla Chan Fan Club Mailing Lists Admin 1996 Estoril Blue BMW ///M3 - BMW CCA Member Golden Gate Chapter