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Re: A wild OS X security hole appears!!!! [Was: Application library ?]
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Re: A wild OS X security hole appears!!!! [Was: Application library ?]


  • Subject: Re: A wild OS X security hole appears!!!! [Was: Application library ?]
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 11:39:23 +1100

On 14 Jan 2016, at 11:18 AM, has <email@hidden> wrote:

> Like I say, it would be fine having a 'Script Libraries' folder within an application bundle, *as long as* the 'tell' block *must* explicitly declare the application. i.e. This is safe code:
>
>     tell script "Configuration Utility" of application "Apple Configurator"
>         -- do stuff
>     end tell
>
> But this (the current implementation) is not:
>
>     tell script "Configuration Utility"
>         -- do stuff
>     end tell

FWIW, that strikes me as a reasonable change regardless of the severity or otherwise of any risk.
>
> As an added bonus, eliminating the second (current) form *drastically* reduces the number of folders that AppleScript's library loader has to scan when looking for libraries.

Only if it's not found higher up the search chain. But I wonder whether launch services keeps track of everything in apps' .../Library folder anyway (hence the use of the term "installed" apps).

--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
<www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>


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