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[8lgm]-Advisory-79.UNIX.command.10-Feb-1995
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (an83851@anon.penet.fi)
Sat Dec 3 02:38:48 1994
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Date: Sat, 3 Dec 1994 04:51:34 UTC
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[8lgm]-Advisory-79.UNIX.command.10-Feb-1995
PROGRAM:
/bin/?*
VERSION:
?
PLATFORMS:
All
DESCRIPTION:
?* does something.
IMPACT:
Any user with access to ?* can become root.
REPEAT BY:
Details will never be provided.
FIX:
Obtain a patch from ?.
WORKAROUND:
Remove ?*.
DISCUSSION:
?* is bad news.
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