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is nobody a security hole?

nobody:*:65534:65534:nobody:/tmp:/bin/sh

I've been wondering if having a user with a world-writable home directory
like this is a security hole. So far all I've thought of is this:

joey@kite:/tmp>echo "echo ha! I gotcha" > /tmp/.profile

(Then wait for root to su to nobody with a login shell)

root@kite:/tmp>su - nobody
ha! I gotcha
$ 

I think this by itself should be enough to make us change nobody's home
directory to something secure.

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see shy jo


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