full-disclosure - Re: Remote root exploit for mod_gzip (with debug

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From: dufresne at winternet.com (Ron DuFresne)
Subject: Re: Remote root exploit for mod_gzip (with
 debug_mode)

What user does apache run as under windows deployments?

Thanks,

Ron DuFresne

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Ben Nelson wrote:

> I s'pose it's only a 'root' exploit if you're running your webserver as
> root.
>
> --Ben
>
> martin f krafft wrote:
> > also sprach Alexander Antipov <pk95@...dex.ru> [2003.11.20.2028 +0100]:
> >
> >>/      uid=99(nobody) gid=99(nobody) groups=99(nobody)
> >
> >
> > where is the root exploit?
> >
>
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