Re: Passwd encrytion
On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, vineet punetha wrote:
> hi all,
> how can one decrypt /etc/passwd file and crack into the system.
> How do you go about decrypting the codings since these being time
> dependent.
It would be crazy to try to decrypt the passwords when it's so easy to
exploit simple buffer overflows like the following one:
echo "I jnag gb penpx ebbg. Pyrnfr erzbir zl nppbhag." | tr n-za-m a-z |
mailx root
Put it all on one line and the mailx program should overflow and give you
a root shell. Now let's kill this thread and get back to real work on
this list.
Enjoy,
Brandon
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