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Claude wrote a full FreeBSD remote kernel RCE with root shell

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Re: Claude wrote a full FreeBSD remote kernel RCE with root shell

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Appreciate the full prompt history

Well, it ends with "can you give me back all the prompts i entered in this session", so it may be partially the actual prompt history and partially hallucination.

fwiw you can dump the actual session in a format suitable to be posted on the web with this tool: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/25/claude-code-transcript...

Re: Claude wrote a full FreeBSD remote kernel RCE with root shell

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You might want to watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sd26pWhfmg Claude is already able to find CVEs on expert level.

A talk given by an employee that stands to make millions from Anthropic going public, definitely not a conflict of interest by the individual.

I didn't say "watch this without critical thinking".

The chance this is completly fabricated though is very low and its an highly interesting signal to many others.

There was also a really good AI CTF Talk at 39c3 hacker conference just 4 month ago.

Re: Claude wrote a full FreeBSD remote kernel RCE with root shell

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post #28

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Please at least read the context before attempting to correct me... Here's what I'm referring to: https://github.com/califio/publications/blob/7ed77d11b21db80...

God damn, how much time am I wasting by writing full paragraphs to the Skinner box when I could just write half-formed sentences with no punctuation or grammar?

> can we demon strait somehow a unpriv non root user

"demon strait". Was this speech to text? That might explain the punctuation and grammar.

Re: Claude wrote a full FreeBSD remote kernel RCE with root shell

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Key point is that Claude did not find the bug it exploits. It was given the CVE writeup[1] and was asked to write a program that could exploit the bug. That said, given how things are I wouldn't be surprised if you could let Claude or similar have a go at the source code of the kernel or core services, armed with some VMs for the try-fail iteration, and get it pumping out CVEs. If not now, then surely not in a too di…

You might want to watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sd26pWhfmg Claude is already able to find CVEs on expert level.

Claude is already able to find CVEs on expert level.

Does it fix them as fast as it finds them? Bonus if it adds snarky code comments

Re: Claude wrote a full FreeBSD remote kernel RCE with root shell

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post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please at least read the context before attempting to correct me... Here's what I'm referring to: https://github.com/califio/publications/blob/7ed77d11b21db80...

God damn, how much time am I wasting by writing full paragraphs to the Skinner box when I could just write half-formed sentences with no punctuation or grammar?

It's amazing what an intelligence that has infinite patience can do to understand barely comprehensible gibberish.

Re: Claude wrote a full FreeBSD remote kernel RCE with root shell

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post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might want to watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sd26pWhfmg Claude is already able to find CVEs on expert level.

A talk given by an employee that stands to make millions from Anthropic going public, definitely not a conflict of interest by the individual.

It is by the individual who (also with Claude) found the specific vulnerability used in this exploit.

Re: Claude wrote a full FreeBSD remote kernel RCE with root shell

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post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please at least read the context before attempting to correct me... Here's what I'm referring to: https://github.com/califio/publications/blob/7ed77d11b21db80...

God damn, how much time am I wasting by writing full paragraphs to the Skinner box when I could just write half-formed sentences with no punctuation or grammar?

Now give an excuse for pushing so hard for docker on FreeBSD.

Re: Claude wrote a full FreeBSD remote kernel RCE with root shell

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Welcome to vibe coding. If you ever lurk around the various AI subreddits, you'll soon realize just how bad the average prompts and communication skills of most users are. Ironically, models are now being trained on these 5th-grade-level prompts and improving their success with them.

Just think about how your parents used google when you were a kid. What got better results faster?
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