RE: Buffer overflow and code execution on iSeries (Off Topic)

Njal Fisketjon <njal.fisketjon-gyXR7Lt7FVk/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.as400.mi
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> >What I have done is to run a simple MI program that sets 
> >a workstation message queue in break mode with a break 
> >handling program 'on-the-fly': 
> 
> Just wondering, what security would I need to run that? 
> 
> I'm thinking that as Joe-Programmer I could create the program object (I
> don't think I need any special security to create an MI program).
> 
> Now, you're modifying the workstation message queue, which is probably
> *Public *change, so I could change any queue, right?
> 
> So, if I ran that against a Queue that was in use by QSECOFR, and my
> break handling program ran the "message" as a command I could run any
> command in the context of QSECOFR, correct?
> 


The message queue *is* public change, but it is system domain, so the MI
program needs to be system state.




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