Re: [FD] Back To The Future: Unix Wildcards Gone Wild

[Julius Kivimäki <julius.kivimaki@xxxxxxxxx>]

Um, this is well documented behavior that's been around for decades. *
expands to all files in the dir as arguments to whatever, if the filename
is "--no-preserve-root -rf .." why shouldn't that be returned?


2014-06-26 11:40 GMT+03:00 defensecode <defensecode@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi,
>
> We wanted to inform all major *nix distributions via our responsible
> disclosure policy about this problem before posting it, because it is
> highly likely that this problem could lead to local root access on many
> distributions. But, since part of this research contained in the document
> was mentioned on some blog entries, we are forced to release it in a
> full version.
>
> Download URL:
> http://www.defensecode.com/public/DefenseCode_Unix_WildCards_Gone_Wild.txt
>
> Regards,
> Leon Juranic
>
>
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