RE: [TCLUG:4949] ftp exploit

["Eric Hillman" <ehillman@cccu.com>]

What does it do?  Crash the system or will this actually get root?  I don't
really have anything here that I can test this on at present...

> Quoting Pieter Nieuwenhuijsen (pietern@XS4ALL.NL):
> > /*
> >         THIS IS PRIVATE! DO NOT DISTRIBUTE!!!!   PRIVATE!
> >
> >         WU-FTPD REMOTE EXPLOIT Version wu-2.4.2-academ[BETA-18](1)
> >         for linux x86 (redhat 5.2)
> >
> >         by duke
> >         duke@viper.net.au
>
> Sigh...
>
> This works like a charm on Linux machines. Make sure you have write perms
> turned off.
>