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Bugtraq archives for 3rd quarter (Jul-Aug) 1995: Re: load.root (loadmodule hole)

Re: load.root (loadmodule hole)

Brad Powell (Brad.PowellEng.Sun.COM)
Sat, 16 Sep 1995 14:47:15 -0700

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loadmodule also gets called when you "load modules" such as
PC NFS, or SunPC, or WABI, ect.. it also gets called by applications
such as printer software packages to load their device driver.

I't a useful utility but _very_ insecure.
Its replaced in solaris 2.X

brad

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