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The same 732-byte Python script roots every Linux distribution shipped since 2017 (copy.fail)
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woaw

also a good blog post about it https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions

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[-] Lee@retrolemmy.com 6 points 4 months ago

While the POC requires su, the underlying flaw potentially works on any setuid binary on systems with AF_ALG enabled (provided there isn't something else preventing it).

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In android this would very likely be the "mount" command, as if it has a microsd card reader or the ability to use a USB data transfer I expect it's using mount in order to do so.

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