cross-platform virus

[Sasha Tsykin]

John wrote:
> Sasha Tsykin wrote:
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>> But then somebody would have to run the virus from the command line in 
>> the same terminal which he had used previously, and deliberately do 
>> so, not so likely.
> 
> Not so: a program can create a tty (as gnome-terminal and konsole do).
> 
> 
But it has to be from the same tty as sudo was previously run from, more 
or less negating this as a line of attack unless the user is unlucky on 
fairly monumental proportions.

Sasha