full-disclosure - Re: HTML Help API

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From: killedbythoughts at mindcrime.net (Sebastian Niehaus)
Subject: Re: HTML Help API - Privilege Escalation

KF <dotslash@...soft.com> writes:

[...]

> I would relate this
> type of attack to a setuid program calling system("clear") while
> running as root on a unix machine. This does not mean that system() is
> flawed rather that when implementing this call you need to be more
> careful and drop your privs. 

Well, if you have a programm to be run in suid mode, every Unix admin
should be alerted. They are used to review the source code of this
kind of stuff.

You won't be able to do this with your average windows junk...

Just a thought...