full-disclosure - Re: Hackery Channel 01-09-01-LOLZ: Cat Spoofing against Flow Control

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Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 08:27:02 -0500
From: Shawn Merdinger <shawnmer@...il.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Subject: Re: Hackery Channel 01-09-01-LOLZ: Cat Spoofing
	against Flow Control

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:07 PM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:04:53 CST, hack ery said:
>>
>> Security Risk:  High
>> Exploitable: Local
>> Vulnerability: Arbitrary Flow Control Control, Cat Spoofing
>> Discovered by: The Hackery Channel
>
> Note the additional possibility of a brute force attack:
>
> http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/funny-pictures-your-cat-is-ready-to-admit-he-gained-weight.jpg

There's also potential for a low-silhouette piggyback attack vector:

http://loganbay.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/thundercat.jpg

Cheers,
--scm

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