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- Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
- Message-ID: <ofMRS1W00iV0M47lJ5@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 18:40:49 -0500
- From: David Reeve Sward <sward+@CMU.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Unix Viruses. Are there any??
- In-Reply-To: <senetza.727648754@honte>
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- Excerpts from netnews.comp.security.misc: 21-Jan-93 Re: Unix Viruses.
- Are there.. by Len Senetza@sigma.uleth.
- > so, if root executes your ls, then x is attached to some program in the
- > system. have your x only do it to programs which are suid. then it's
- > all over the place; memory protection and file access controls fail
- > here.
- >
- > this assumes that root has . in its path, and how many root accounts
- > out there do?
-
- Well, of course. Memory protection and file access controls can't
- possibly protect everyone all the time when human stupidity is applied
- in all its glory.
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- David Sward x4405 (1-412-268-4405) sward+@cmu.edu or dsa3+@andrew.cmu.edu
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