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Re: Local users get to play root?

Subject: Re: Local users get to play root?
From: nodata
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:27:10 +0100
Am 2009-11-18 20:20, schrieb Richard Hughes:
2009/11/18 Casey Dahlin<cdahlin@xxxxxxxxxx>:
By the admin's first opportunity to change the settings the box could already 
be rooted.

I'm not sure how you can root a computer from installing signed
content by a user that already has physical access to the machine.

You install software with a known buffer overflow before it is fixed and exploit it. More software = more chances to exploit. Bingo!

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