SECURITY BUG IN INTERACTIVE UNIX SYSV386

[Conor P. Cahill]

davidsen at sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) writes:
>  How is the uuencoded binary less dangerous than the source? Once you
>can write the passwd and shadow files you can either make your login
>root, change the root passwd, create a new root userid, etc.

THE uunencoded binary is not less dangerous.  I meant "a uuencoded binary
that proves that root access was obtained without damaging the security
of the system".

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