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Message-ID: <200209151622.g8FGMFJ42956@mailserver2.hushmail.com>
From: ppan at hushmail.com (ppan@...hmail.com)
Subject: ALERT ALERT plaintext passwords in linux ALERT ALERT

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oops, someone edited my mail
.-(     <-- oneeyed pirate
the fix is of course: rm -rf /proc/kcore



>
>Problem:  Linux stores your passwords in plaintext
>          See proof of concept exploit below
>
>Fix:      rm -rf /dev/kmem
>
>
>Demonstration:
>
>---flic---
>bash$ ./passcheck.sh secret
>checkpass v1.5
>Proves that kmem leakes your passwords
>Needs to be run as root
>By etah^etihw aka peter-pan
>
>Checking for password 'secret'
>Binary file /proc/kcore matches
>-flac-
>
>OMG!!!! it matches!!!
>Please don't tell anyone my root password because
>I cant change it because i deleted the passwd program
>because i thougt that it is vulnerable but I
>think it was not vulnerable but i cant get it because
>I have to port undel.exe to lunix first.
>
>Here is the 0-DAY exploit!
>Please do not abuse!!!
>
>---click---
>#!/bin/bash
>
># POC exploit
># shows kmem is a fscking leaker!
>
>echo "checkpass v1.5";
>echo "proves that kmem leakes your passwords";
>echo "needs to be run as root";
>echo "by etah^etihw";
>echo "             ";
>
>echo "checking for password '$1'";
>grep $1 /proc/kcore
>---clack---
>
>(do not forget to make 'chmod +x passcheck.sh'!!)
>
>
>Greets:
>zisss (you are the man bro!!)
>drater (mad resopectz to yu0!!)
>verb (wuz up? your a.t. owns me ass!!)
>jchrist (your dad > *)
>
>regards
>Peter Pan
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