On Wednesday, October 17, 2001, at 10:23  AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>  First off, you shouldn't have ANYTHING out there that's SUID root except
> carefully placed apps.
> Secondly, in order to run the NetInfo manager, you usually have to 
> authenticate by clicking on that lock icon.
> Once you do that, I guess your permissions "stick" for an unspecified 
> amount of time...
>
>    Terminal.app should definately NOT be SUID or SGID.

The exploit in question doesn't require authenticating in NetInfo Manager 
to use. This is a legitamate problem with SUID apps that Apple will have 
to address soon.

There's an article on stepwise about it that has more details.

Cheers,

--Ed

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