Archos 605 WiFi Hacked

Posted by timothy on Monday December 31, 2007 @06:19PM from the open-access dept.

Nathan Ramella writes "The ARCwelder project has released a technique dubbed 'Go Fighting Tabby!' which exploits an unquoted system() call through the Archos UI, providing the ability to execute arbitrary code with root access on the Archos 605 WiFi. In doing so, opening the platform up for further hacking. The Archos 605 WiFi runs embedded Linux on an ARM processor, but employs a variety of anti-hack techniques to keep users from modifying its firmware and operating system. Included is a cross-compiled sshd with configuration files to allow for passwordless ssh access to the Archos when it is connected to a WiFi connection. Bricks ahoy!"

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Oh no! by Anonymous Coward · 2007-12-31 19:01 · Score: 5, Funny

This is terrible! Literally dozens of users are now at risk!
Re:Ditto, and more by mboverload · 2007-12-31 19:31 · Score: 2, Funny

Sorry, this was not the final draft - I was playing with the HTML tags and hit submit instead.
Re:Ditto, and more by Pandamonium · 2008-01-01 00:29 · Score: 3, Funny

If anyone has any comments please post

No no, wouldn't dream to interrupt your flow as you seem to be doing just fine all by yourself :-)

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