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

[Chuck Anderson]

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.