bin ownership problem

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Ok, I'll expose my ignorance and ask, what is the specific vulnerability
of bin owned files?  I understand how it is a problem on NFS exported
files to insecure hosts, but what is the risk for files/dirs on a locally
non-exported file system?  What about groups, is bin a bad group also?

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