Re: -froot??? (AIX rlogin bug)
Aaron Eppert (aeppert@ideanet.doe.state.in.us)
Fri, 29 Jul 1994 22:04:35 -0400 (EST)
On Fri, 29 Jul 1994, Eric Wedaa wrote:
> For instance:
>
> rlogin foobar -l -froot
>
> This gives you root access on any AIX 3.2.X machine.
>
> Does anyone have any history on this trapdoor? Apparently
> it also existed in Linux several generations ago.
OLD HOLE. Good ol' rlogind hole. Yes it gives anyone who
has access to rlogin and half a brain root. There is a
patch available or just disable rlogind.
Aaron