Its always easier to get root if you have a local user account yes.. however, that depends on some exploit being available that would allow then elevated privs..
otherwise all their compiled program could do is mess up their own userspace.. thats why virus's have such a hard time on linux.. If they start a trojan as their own user, then it could be accessed from outside, but again, it would only have that users privs... if root runs that prog however, all bets are off.. rgds frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Olaf Marzocchi Sent: Sunday, 17 November 2002 8:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Obtain root privileges with unsecure software Is it possible, for a user who already has an account in a linux box, to become root by compiling and starting a program known to be vulnerable? If yes, how to discover this user? Is there a way to block such exploits or not? Thank you Olaf <olaf@ kjws.com> for every kind of mail, except spam! :-)
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