Zero Day, UID 0, and SUID Discovering a Local SUID Exploit

Although much has been written about software vulnerabilities, little has been made publicly available on how to go about discovering new ones. How does one go about discovering a brand new vulnerability and exploiting it? This paper will provide some insight, by examining a fictitious incident...

By

Jeff Pike

January 1, 2012

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