module
Emacs movemail Privilege Escalation
| Disclosed |
|---|
| Aug 1, 1986 |
Disclosed
Aug 1, 1986
Description
This module exploits a SUID installation of the Emacs movemail utility
to run a command as root by writing to 4.3BSD's /usr/lib/crontab.local.
The vulnerability is documented in Cliff Stoll's book The Cuckoo's Egg.
to run a command as root by writing to 4.3BSD's /usr/lib/crontab.local.
The vulnerability is documented in Cliff Stoll's book The Cuckoo's Egg.
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