Poor SUID

Poor SUID definition - hacker
Sometimes poor SUID scripts (shell or other programs that Set the UserID to run under another userÂ’s privileges) that perform certain tasks can be run as root. If the scripts are writeable by an id, for example, the scripts can be edited and executed.

See Also: id (identity); Shell.

NMRC. The Hack FAQ. Unix Local Attacks. [Online, 2004.] NMRC Website. http://www.nmrc.org/pub/faq/hackfaq/hackfaq-29.html.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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