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Re: Installer has admin permissions but installer plugins don't
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Re: Installer has admin permissions but installer plugins don't


  • Subject: Re: Installer has admin permissions but installer plugins don't
  • From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 04:33:05 -0400

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:11 AM, ERG Consultant <email@hidden> wrote:
> I am fully aware of the security issues having already written several helper tools. Stating that a temp text file written to /tmp is a security hole is really stretching it a bit.

I didn't say it was a security hole.  I said it opened up a class of
security vulnerabilities; you can avoid these by doing things right.
One of the most important things is to make sure your files are
created with permissions that do not allow others to write to those
files.  This is a bit of a problem because PackageMaker sets those
permissions for you based on what you specify in the BOM.

--Kyle Sluder
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