Re: Finding process path from Cocoa?
Re: Finding process path from Cocoa?
- Subject: Re: Finding process path from Cocoa?
- From: Alastair Houghton <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:25:07 +0000
On 9 Dec 2009, at 10:40, email@hidden wrote:
> It could be argued that actively utilising any path to launch another process is a security hole.
> If your app loads an auxiliary executable from the main bundle then a user with admin rights can intervene and modify the target.
Indeed. As ever is a conflict between security and utility and so a compromise is necessary.
It's good to be aware of the potential issues though.
Kind regards,
Alastair.
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