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Skype Linux Reads Password and Firefox Profile

Posted by samzenpus on from the to-send-better-ads dept.

mrcgran writes "Users of Skype for Linux have just found out that it reads the files /etc/passwd, firefox profile, plugins, addons, etc, and many other unnecessary files in /etc. This fact was originally discovered by using AppArmor, but others have confirmed this fact using strace on versions 1.4.0.94 and 1.4.0.99. What is going on? This probably shows how important it is to use AppArmor in any closed-source application in Linux to restrict any undue access to your files."

2 of 335 comments (clear)

  1. your a queer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    not every distro of linux uses shadow passwords (think debian or netbsd)

  2. moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    i totally made that post up from nothing and didn't mean for it to be responded to, idiot. it is a 100% troll post just to waste some douchebag's modpoints...as is this one.