In Level 19 we are given the source code of a vulnerable program: #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <string.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <sys/stat.h> int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) { pid_t pid; char buf[256]; struct stat statbuf; /* Get the parent's /proc entry, so we can verify its user id */ snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, "/proc/%d", getppid()); /* stat() it */ if(stat(buf, &statbuf) == -1) { printf("Unable to check parent process\n"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } /* check the owner id */ if(statbuf.