Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:33:28 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@speakeasy.net> Cc: fbsd_chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Rooted Message-ID: <86haaedo6f.fsf@nine.des.no> In-Reply-To: <52A6B07C.5050606@speakeasy.net> (Jason C. Wells's message of "Mon, 09 Dec 2013 22:11:08 -0800") References: <52A6B07C.5050606@speakeasy.net>
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"Jason C. Wells" <jcw@speakeasy.net> writes: > Regarding the security advisory lingo, does "unprivileged user" mean a > remote attacker? Most (all?) of the advisories seem to involve local > exploits or exploitable services. The term "unprivileged user" implies access to the system - it is a catch-all term for user who can run programs on the system but do not have the necessary credentials to access any files or devices or control any processes not owned by themselves. A remote attacker would be explicitly labelled as such. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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