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Message-ID: <4a6942471003280927t6a1d8288u5132a89a6c9b7fa3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:27:10 -0400 From: Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@...il.com> To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com Subject: Exploiting nano I just finished a blog post detailing how the popular text editor, nano, is unsafe to run as root to edit untrusted users' files, with consequences including full privilege escalation: http://drosenbe.blogspot.com/2010/03/nano-as-root.html This is not a disclosure of vulnerabilities per se; rather, it's just a look at how some security assumptions may not hold when running programs as root in a hostile environment, using nano as an example. Nothing earth-shattering, just thought some of you might be interested. Comments welcome. -Dan _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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