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Re:Ask HN: Could we use Shellshock to patch vulnerable systems? by mperd on Thursday September 25, 2014 @11:56AM (#8367798)
Good point. So I guess one would have to combine that with another vulnerability to be able to get root privileges.

We could also imagine a worm contacting the owner of the server and asking her to fix it.

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