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From: evilninja at gmx.net (Christian)
Subject: GNU gcc vuln. < 3.4.3 local root (.php)

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Andrew Farmer schrieb:
> 
> Old "vulnerability". Equivalent to:
> 
>>> /* fake_vuln.c */
>>> int getuid(void) { return 0; }
>>> int geteuid(void) { return 0; }
>>> int getgid(void) { return 0; }
>>
>>
>> sh % gcc -shared fake_vuln.c -o fake_vuln.so
>> sh % LD_PRELOAD=`pwd`/fake_vuln.so /bin/sh
>> sh # id
>> uid=0(root) gid=0(root) <etc etc etc>
>> sh # cat /etc/shadow
>> cat: /etc/shadow: Permission denied

there is even a package in my linux-distribution for this, called "fakeroot":

evil@...ep:~$ fakeroot
root@...ep:~# whoami
root

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