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List:       oss-security
Subject:    [oss-security] Re: [FD] [oss-security] CVE request: remote code execution in Android CTS
From:       Mario Vilas <mvilas () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-10-20 14:40:05
Message-ID: CAJB2JzuT73pYyZXS8tZQgV5FjDBsqWk3_ZjqawvRDPD+Jcd+EQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 4:27 AM, Grond <grond66@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is this kind of file ever *intended* to be used as an executable script?
> If the answer is "no"; then you should apply fixes.
>

Seems to me like it was. Also, wouldn't a user who can edit those files
also be able to, for example, patch the executable files as well? I haven't
actually checked the file permissions but it seems like a reasonable
assumption.


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of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military
becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."


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