Root Access With A Pocket Lighter

Description

A dark blog-page screenshot shows the headline "Can You Get Root With Only a Cigarette Lighter?" with the byline "By David Buchanan, 7th October 2024" and the line "Spoiler alert: Yes." Below is a photo of an orange cigarette lighter on a dark surface, captioned in italic text, "the elite hacking tool they don't want you to know you already own." The referenced article demonstrates low-budget electromagnetic fault injection, using a piezo lighter to induce DRAM bus bit flips and eventually turn memory corruption into Linux root access. The meme works because a throwaway household object is framed as a serious hardware exploitation instrument.

Common Tags

FaultInjection HardwareHacks PrivilegeEscalation ExploitDevelopment Linux MemoryManagement CPUCache Python LowLevelProgramming SecurityResearch CyberSecurityMemes

Comments

Anonymous ★ Top Pick The exploit chain is basically `sudo make coffee`, except the coffee is a DRAM bit flip and the sudoers file never saw it coming.

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

The exploit chain is basically `sudo make coffee`, except the coffee is a DRAM bit flip and the sudoers file never saw it coming.
@gongchanM1 1y

Also you can implement sudo rm -rf / with this tool, even without a terminal
@trainzman 1y

But can it run Doom?
1. @hotsadboi 1y
  
  theoretically, if you can zap the cpu precisely enough
@mrYakov 1y

Fixed title: Can you get root with full physical access, solder iron and programm user access
1. @SamsonovAnton 1y
  
  Can you get root with full physical access to a root user, and a soldering iron?
  
  @ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 1y
  
  Not if you have drive encryption
  
  @Agent1378 1y
  
  Solvable. You just stick паяльник to other place
  
  @SamsonovAnton 1y
  
  Ha-ha, this is classic.
  
  @ZgGPuo8dZef58K6hxxGVj3Z2 1y
  
  Real
  
  @AmindaEU 1y
  
  Seriously where do you get that cheap wrench? I remember the alt text saying something about it, but prices have only been going up
  
  @azizhakberdiev 1y
  
  Bruh, you can borrow someone's wrench from his basement for free or even find a $1 wrench. An old rusty wrench dipped in cold water is just fine🌚
@Agent1378 1y

https://termorect.narod.ru/
@Agent1378 1y

*soldering iron