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Blog October 3, 2023

A Comparison Between the Real User ID and the Effective User ID is not Enough to Prevent Privilege Escalation

In Unix-like systems, processes have a real and effective user ID determining their access permissions. While usually identical, they can differ in situations like when the setuid bit is activated in executables.

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Blog January 11, 2011

mac2wepkey - Huawei default WEP generator

Huawei HG520 and HG530 routers are vulnerable to weak cipher attacks. It is possible to generate the default WEP/WPA key. The purpose of this post is to explain the process of developing a key generator for these devices.