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Well, it's basically a privilege escalation vulnerability. If you've owned some server, you now have a possibility to get access to the admins local machine too, likely giving you admin access to the whole infrastructure.

If you "trust" any of these things is irrelevant, as that trust might be misplaced and the security model should keep you safe with compromised servers regardless.



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