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Re: [Full-Disclosure] /bin/rm file access vulnerability

J.A. Terranson wrote:


When you feed trolls, they grow :-)


Hey - I'm preplanning for Thanksgiving!



Seriously, we seem to be getting more crap like this. Are people just
bored?



I'm bored :-)


    mx1# touch killme
        mx1# chmod 0 killme
        mx1# ls -al killme
        ----------  1 root  wheel  0 Dec 30 20:39 killme
        mx1# rm killme
        mx1# ls -al killme
        ls: killme: No such file or directory
        mx1#

At least here s/he/it could have tried to wrap the old "should anyone be
allowed to do this" trap around someone's ankles.  But the one below is
just beyond lame - it's a troll with a neon sign attached flashing "FEED
ME!"




Agreed - or, at least, wrapped some humor in there other than a simple perl script. Heh.

Something like a headline "UnCHEckED DefaceMENT in UID0 in *ALL* UnIx KernELS!" would have sufficed.

-Barry


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