> > > > > OK, Exploit details: > > > > 1) place pointer exactly in centre of screen > > 2) start to spiral out ANTICLOCKWISE - this movement must be > > smooth and finish in the top left corner > > 3) as soon as you reach the top left corner, unplug the mouse within > > 4 seconds. > > 4) You should then be at the # prompt. > > > > Have Fun. > > > > This will NOT work on Solaris 2.X boxes. The spiraling out should in > fact be CLOCKWISE. An anticlockwise movement will give a shell running > as user nobody, rather than as uid 0! > > Top left is however important, so that we have 0,0 stored in cred->uid > and cred->gid. Due to the nature of the mouse driver, an anticlockwise > movement would spiral the uid/gid pair to the largest uid available on > the system, which under normal conditions would be user nobody. I tried it both boths and neither are successful, what am I doing wrong?!@?! (griN) > > Cheers, > > Neil > > -- > Let the Mystery Be, So Watcha Want, Longing In Their Hearts, Hate My Way, > M-Bike, Safari, Uncle June and Aunt Kiyoti, Daisy Dead Petals, Tuff Gnarl. > > ...like a badger with an afro throwing sparklers at the Pope... > -- Christopher William Klaus Voice: (404)518-0099. Fax: (404)518-0030 Internet Security Systems, Inc. Computer Security Consulting 2209 Summit Place Drive, Atlanta, GA. 30350-2450.