From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) In-Reply-To: References: <13426df10802220953q3af4a1aarf93acaaebfedc9b@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Pietro Gagliardi Subject: Re: [9fans] a challenge Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:03:58 -0500 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5ee965e4-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Nope. On Feb 22, 2008, at 12:57 PM, Pietro Gagliardi wrote: > I don't have Linux, but I'll see if Mac OS X has that vulnerability. > > On Feb 22, 2008, at 12:53 PM, ron minnich wrote: > >> here is a challenge. I realize it's linux but I think this is the >> right group to ask anyway; I think you'll appreciate the humor in it. >> So far few I have talked to have gotten it. >> >> There is a file, called /bin/bash. >> >> You are allowed to do this as root. >> cp this file to /tmp. Do something to it to make it so that, when you >> are not root, you can run the file in /tmp and get a root shell. >> >> Don't assume the obvious. And please don't post "that's trivial" >> until >> you have actually done it. >> >> ron >