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Bugtraq archives for 3rd quarter (Jul-Aug) 1995: Re: Exploit for Linux wu.ftpd hole

Re: Exploit for Linux wu.ftpd hole

John Adams (jnaconcorde.com)
Wed, 5 Jul 1995 18:28:23 -0500

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Ahh, but isn't wu-ftp supposed to be running as uid ftp?

where does the turnabout come in where ftpd runs as ROOT?

(I haven't been at the source yet, so I'm just throwing these
 questions out for discussion..)

-john

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