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Comment by delamon

3 hours ago

The attack gives you ability to overwrite any cached page. So you don't need to be root to "edit" /etc/passwd.

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quantummagic  2 hours ago

Not of the host system, assuming we're talking about a compromised VM, running as a non-root user.

  • delamon  2 hours ago

    I assume you mean container, not VM. But yes, container makes it harder.

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