Re: Security Issue ... was[What happens to ...]
Re: Security Issue ... was[What happens to ...]
- Subject: Re: Security Issue ... was[What happens to ...]
- From: Ondra Cada <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 20:13:54 +0100
Darkshadow,
>
>>>>> Darkshadow (D) wrote at Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:11:58 -0400:
D> It is a rather annoying bug - but it's not a giant one. You can't make
D> use of this in the command line, since you need to be able to select
D> stuff from the Recent Items menu. Your computer is already vulnerable
D> if someone is sitting at it....
I don't see that as a tamperproof issue, but rather as a foolproof issue.
One of the MOST important features of a properly admined unix-based system is
that, if logged as a plain user, I just can't make an unintentional mistake
with gravely disastrous results.
Alas, with this bug, I can. Luckily the probability is reasonably low thanks
to the fact that one quite seldom runs those suid applications (and even
more rare would be using Recent Items from them), but even so...
Well, let's hope once the problem was pointed out, Apple would fix it soon.
Has anybody filled a bugreport on that?
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