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View Full Version : PGP remote root exploit!!!


ljprevo
07-11-2002, 11:36 PM
Any host that uses PGP or Pretty Good Privacy, there is a root exploit.

Read here:
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1133441

The Prohacker
07-12-2002, 12:32 AM
This really doesn't look like a root exploit.. This is more end user oriented...

The article wasn't very clear about it, and the specifications of the attack...

Most linux servers run GPG anyway....

sigma
07-12-2002, 12:55 AM
It's an "exploit" of an Outlook plug-in. End-user threat only, if you receive PGP signed mail via Outlook and use the PGP plug-in.

Kevin