[647] in bugtraq
Re: Sol2.x Mouse EXPLOIT info - CORRECTION
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Farrell McKay)
Tue Jan 17 01:57:57 1995
From: Farrell.McKay@nms.otc.com.au (Farrell McKay)
To: neil@legless.demon.co.uk (Neil Woods)
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 17:08:33 +1100 (EST)
Cc: bugtraq@fc.net
In-Reply-To: <199501170039.AAA00484@legless.demon.co.uk> from "Neil Woods" at Jan 17, 95 00:39:01 am
> > OK, Exploit details:
> >
> > 1) place pointer exactly in centre of screen
> > 2) start to spiral out ANTICLOCKWISE - this movement must be
> > smooth and finish in the top left corner
> > 3) as soon as you reach the top left corner, unplug the mouse within
> > 4 seconds.
> > 4) You should then be at the # prompt.
> >
> > Have Fun.
> >
>
> This will NOT work on Solaris 2.X boxes. The spiraling out should in
> fact be CLOCKWISE. An anticlockwise movement will give a shell running
> as user nobody, rather than as uid 0!
...unless you are in the southern hemisphere - don't forget the Coriolis effect.
Farrell.
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