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Date:      Wed, 09 Jun 1999 13:14:47 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        jj@cybernex.net.au
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: setuid diff 
Message-ID:  <56925.928926887@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 09 Jun 1999 20:42:37 %2B1000." <199906091040.UAA28635@cybernex.net.au> 

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On Wed, 09 Jun 1999 20:42:37 +1000, "Jacob Rhoden" wrote:

> shells.dominoid.dhs.org setuid diffs:
> 4c4
> < -r-x--s--x  1 jj    jj       15111 Jun  7 00:48:43 1999
> /home/jj/afip/afip.log                                         

Anyone can execute afip.log (assuming it's a runnable binary). The
process created will have the runner's UID, but with the effective GID
of group jj.

Looks like a mistake or a user offering other users on your box a
service in what he thinks is a sneaky way.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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