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Agree with OP, wikipedia is also wrong. A backdoor is something intentional. That definition fits any exploitable bug.
by aulin 2y ago
Agree with OP, wikipedia is also wrong. A backdoor is something intentional. That definition fits any exploitable bug.
- wood_spirit 2y agoPerhaps we use the term back door in computer security because it comes from the general English expression to get someone or something in by the back door, which more generally is any exploit?
- remram 2y agoNeither Wikipedia nor GP said something about intentions. My understanding of GGP's complaint is that they'd refer to the package containing the security issue as "backdoor", rather than the malware itself, and I disagree. This driver thing is a backdoor, the package is backdoored, this fits usual definitions.