Author: JT Smith
From Nets-security.org: “A process could exec a setuid binary, while gaining ptrace control over it for a
short period before the process was activated. The ptrace controller process
could then modify the address space of the controlled process and abuse its
elevated privileges.”
short period before the process was activated. The ptrace controller process
could then modify the address space of the controlled process and abuse its
elevated privileges.”
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