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Re: How to embed framework in app with setuid helper
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Re: How to embed framework in app with setuid helper


  • Subject: Re: How to embed framework in app with setuid helper
  • From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:53:26 -0400
  • Thread-topic: How to embed framework in app with setuid helper

on 2007-09-15 7:42 AM, Finlay Dobbie at email@hidden wrote:

> Well, your framework is probably writeable by non-root users, meaning
> that someone could go in and replace your framework with some
> malicious code, which would then be blindly loaded by your setuid
> binary and executed.
>
> Once you understand this, you should understand the solution.

I'm not sure I understand your hint. The embedded framework was indeed
read-write for all. But changing it to read-only for all yields the same
error.

--

Bill Cheeseman - email@hidden
Quechee Software, Quechee, Vermont, USA
www.quecheesoftware.com

PreFab Software - www.prefabsoftware.com


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