Re: set-uid root /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugin-config

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On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, Chuck Anderson wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 03:57:56PM -0400, Jesse Keating wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 15:46 -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> > > Why is this program set-uid root?
> > > 
> > > ls -l /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugin-config  
> > > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 60048 2008-03-11
> > > 10:02 /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/plugin-config*
> > > 
> > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=442065
> > 
> > Probably so that it can create files in /usr/lib/mozilla when a user
> > downloads a plugin via their browser.
> 
> That just seems wrong.  If a user can download a plugin, it should be 
> put in ~/.mozilla/plugins.  A user shouldn't be able to force a plugin 
> into a system-wide directory.

See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=334311 for more history on 
it

later,
chris

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