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In a virtual machine, install a given privileged program (e.g., a SetUID program) that is...

In a virtual machine, install a given privileged program (e.g., a SetUID program) that is vulnerable to the format-string attack. Write a program to exploit the vulnerability and that will crash the privileged program, print out the value of an internal variable secret to the user, and modify the value of this secret variable. Modify the source code of the vulnerable program so it can defeat the format string attack.

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