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Re: Kernel Crash Bug????



On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:24, Rudy Gevaert <rudy@zeus.UGent.be> wrote:
> Would it be possible to run that program trough e.g. perl/php/... ?
>
> A use could ftp the executable and write a php script that execute it.

Does PHP allow executing arbitary binaries?

If the user can install CGI-BIN scripts then that's a good way of running a 
kernel security attack (or other local or back-end network attack).

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