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On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 11:20:00PM +0100, Mateusz Mierzwinski wrote: |
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> After making memory dump and editing file in k hex editor I've found |
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> unencrypted password to my linux. I thin'k thats not good because anyone |
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> can read it with some php script with system() execution. |
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> Password is fully readable. |
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You'll need to be a little more explanatory than that. What process did |
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the memory space in question belong to? Was is your system password, |
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your gpg password or what? How were you dumping memory? |
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Unless you are running a web-facing PHP as root, a script running |
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system() would only be able to get to it via root exploit or if the |
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password was in a memory space accessible to the same process. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux Developer & Infra Guy |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85 |
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