Re: Java allows root access without permission?

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On 10/27/2010 09:07 PM, Deepak Bhole wrote:
> * 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
>

I have tried the following applet:

http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml

ps aux | grep java

shows only me (not root) as user .

isn't related to "/opt/cisco/vpn/bin/vpnagentd" which runs as root ?

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