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From: FozZy (fozzydmpfrance.com)
Date: Wed Apr 24 2002 - 16:12:05 CDT

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    > You can't fix it. You can always do
    >
    > cp file-with-mode-444-perms ./foobar
    > chmod +x foobar
    > ./foobar

    Well, not "always". I used to be on a system where home partitions, /tmp, and any place where you can write something, were mounted as noexec. There was also no compiler, etc.
    But, with this trick a cracker could upload his favorite binary exploit and easily run it.

    FozZy