Local users get to play root?
Jeff Garzik
jgarzik at pobox.com
Thu Nov 19 00:43:04 UTC 2009
On 11/18/2009 07:37 PM, Colin Walters wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Jeff Garzik<jgarzik at pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> And it ignores that remote exploits are now much easier, because remote
>> non-root exploit + package install == remote root exploit.
>
> No, the uid needs to have logged in through a physical console.
See references in multiple mails to firefox, pidgin, and any number of
other example applications run by a uid logged in through a physical
console.
Web browsers -- especially with bin-only flash -- are the most likely
vector for remote exploits these days. Far more so than any system daemon.
There are Real Good(tm) reasons why Firefox complains, if your Flash
plug-in is out of date, even on Linux...
Jeff
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