On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > ... I've included here a proof-of-concept local privilege escalation > exploit... > * This exploit leverages three vulnerabilities to get root, all of which were > * discovered by Nelson Elhage: >... > * However, the important issue, CVE-2010-4258, affects everyone, and it would > * be trivial to find an unpatched DoS under KERNEL_DS and write a slightly > * more sophisticated version of this...
nice :) clearly demonstrates why risk is complicated and seemingly minor defects (worth delaying patches for weeks/months? ;) can combine into truly ugly vulnerabilities... _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
