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Re: Using Zip executable in Cocoa Application
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Re: Using Zip executable in Cocoa Application


  • Subject: Re: Using Zip executable in Cocoa Application
  • From: Dan Saul <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:47:49 -0600

Wrong, the /501/ part of the path is the UID of the user that has access to it.

It is only accessible by that UID (by default) and no more a security
hole then ~/.

On 17/12/05, Uli Kusterer <email@hidden> wrote:
> Am 17.12.2005 um 15:38 schrieb Shaun Wexler:
> > That won't return @"/tmp"; it's something like @"/private/var/tmp/
> > folders.501/TemporaryItems", but more-or-less guaranteed to be
> > world-writable (on a writable file system).
>
> Nice security hole waiting to be explored. Zip some important files
> of the user's and save them there, and any other user can read
> them... Sweeeet...
>
> Cheers,
> -- M. Uli Kusterer
> http://www.zathras.de
>
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References: 
 >Using Zip executable in Cocoa Application (From: Rick Langschultz <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Using Zip executable in Cocoa Application (From: Markus Hitter <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Using Zip executable in Cocoa Application (From: j o a r <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Using Zip executable in Cocoa Application (From: Shaun Wexler <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Using Zip executable in Cocoa Application (From: Uli Kusterer <email@hidden>)

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