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		mziulu on Sept 25, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CVE-2014-7169: Bash Fix Incomplete, Still Exploita... Just as an aside - is there a particular reason you specify the type of the filesystem? Is there something specific to FAT that might make this exploit viable? I'm thinking permissions, but I'm not sure.

scintill76 on Sept 25, 2014 [–]

I think it's that all files have mode 0777, i.e. executable by default. I think it can be changed with mount options though.

mziulu on Sept 25, 2014 | [–]

Thanks a lot, I was discussing this with a friend and we reached this conclusion too.

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