* Michael Cronenworth <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> [2010-10-27 16:00]: > Fedora 13 x86_64 with OpenJDK (not Sun) installed. > > I was required to login to a web site today to configure a VPN and the > site installed a Cisco VPN Java applet. When it was finished installing > and was running I noticed the processes where running as root and had > installed into /opt. I had not given it my root password or any > permission to do so. It did not install any RPM package. It was all > driven by a Java applet. > > $ ps -efw #id 502 is me > 502 4791 2668 0 11:16 ? 00:00:19 > /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/../../bin/java > sun.appl > root 4923 1 0 11:16 ? 00:00:00 /opt/cisco/vpn/bin/vpnagentd > > Is this something "allowed" by some configuration setting in OpenJDK > somewhere? I'd like to turn off this "feature" ASAP. > Such a thing should/would not be allowed. Applets run as normal users and escalated privileges would imply a severe security violation in the base os itself. How did you install/run the applet? Deepak > Thanks, > Michael > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
