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by mahkoh 776 days ago
The linked PoC requires that the attacker already has root so that it can disable the default ptrace protection.
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blucaz 775 days ago
Requires root not just for the ptrace protection, but also to gain membership of the 'tty' group which gives control over all ttys. And then goes all surprised pikachu when it turns out that allows taking over ttys. Duh?
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