[Info-vax] DCL vulnerability write up on The Register

[Richard Maher]

On 18-Feb-18 5:13 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 3) A process space which is shared by the shell and a combination of
> privileged and non-privileged programs. This gives various attack
> possibilites which do not exist on Unix. When combined with data
> structures which are executable, this makes it easier to exploit any
> vulnerabilities found in programs and the shell.
> 

I do not see protected memory in a single process space as an intrinsic 
problem/vulnerability but I'm willing to be enlightened.