Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 13:18:15 +0400 From: "Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage" <ache@astral.msk.su> To: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>, Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, pritc003@maroon.tc.umn.edu, sos@login.dknet.dk Subject: Re: Screen print capability Message-ID: <oMNTAfliU1@astral.msk.su> In-Reply-To: <199505010014.RAA00443@ref.tfs.com>; from Julian Elischer at Sun, 30 Apr 1995 17:14:15 -0700 (PDT) References: <199505010014.RAA00443@ref.tfs.com>
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In message <199505010014.RAA00443@ref.tfs.com> Julian Elischer writes: >> >> No, what the console can do is take an escape sequence and as a result, >> report the screen contents as if they were being typed at the >> keyboard, spacing, color, and all. >This is REALLY DANGEROUSE!!!!!!! >consider: >mail root <<DONE >x >rm -rf /& >[sequence to make screen send contents from keyboard] >DONE It is well known backdoor and it is MUA itself problem (MUA need to be fixed). All other stuff (wall,write,talk) already care about it using isprint(). -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849
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