[2243] in bugtraq
Re: load.root (loadmodule hole)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brad Powell)
Sun Sep 17 13:21:24 1995
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 14:47:15 -0700
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From: Brad Powell <Brad.Powell@Eng.Sun.COM>
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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
