[wlug] Cutting-edge hack gives super user status by exploiting DRAM weakness

10 Mar 2015


      "In one of more impressive hacks in recent memory, researchers have
devised an attack that exploits physical weaknesses in certain types
of DDR memory chips to elevate the system rights of untrusted users of
Intel-compatible PCs running Linux."

-- source: http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/03/cutting-edge-hack-gives-super-user-s...

Cheers, Peter
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Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/          Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174