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Re:CVE-2024-54471: Leaking Passwords (and More!) on macOS by kps on Thursday March 20, 2025 @04:11PM (#43428319)
> … hacked my Sun 3/60

L1-A to bring up the boot monitor. Search memory for `/bin/login` and replace with `bin/ed`. Enter any file name as your ‘user’ name, or just junk, and use `!sh`.

(Amazing what you remember from school…)

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Re:CVE-2024-54471: Leaking Passwords (and More!) on macOS by jeffs4271 on Thursday March 20, 2025 @10:33PM (#43431277)
Glad to see vax and 68k sun guys of my vintage here still. The security game was different then. Miss the simple life. :-)
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