On 10/30/23 18:36, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 10/30/23 18:15, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> It seems to me that since /etc/sudoers is visible from a
> standard user account, that all a bad guy has to do is
> cat the file, find some program that is elevated, then
> overwrite that program with his evil deeds, and boom,
> you are hacked.
>
> Am I missing something?
If the bad guy can overwrite the executable, then you have a bigger
security problem.
I can see if someone is not careful so make sure the
programs in sudoers are not locked to root, you
would get in trouble, as you did state.