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Old 2009-04-27, 06:38 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by nate View Post
by the time they can do anything other than what your a script allows allows them to with a writable file or directory, they already have pwned that account and can do pretty much anything (well, not counting other users that aren't in a a chroot container)
2 words. SQL injection.

Also, if you set stuff to 777 and someone fucks your script into writing out a new PHP file, that causes the account to be pwned -- so before you try talking security, please get a clue first
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