[Info-vax] Shell vulnerabilities, was: Re: What to do with my VAX.....

[Simon Clubley]

On 2020-10-24, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/24/20 5:51 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> In article <rn1qab$oms$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
>> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>> 
>>> BTW, that operating system was VMS, and the shell was DCL.
>> 
>> Was it ever used in a malicious exploit?
>> 

Seriously, Phillip ?

If someone did find and use it, they are not likely to talk about it... :-)

>
> The exploit you never know about is much more of a problem than the ones
> you do know about.
>

Exactly. In the 33 years this was around, you can't assume I was
the first one to find this.

Simon.

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