Aviv Raff wrote: > How can it not be a security flaw of mozilla if a setting in the > user.js overrides the global security setting defined by a patch, and > any manual setting defined by the user through the about:config?
Because *nobody* should be able to write to your user.js file. If someone has write access to other peoples ~/.bashrc or whatever and inserts some malicious code, it is also no security flaw of the bash. > I understand that if an attacker has the ability to change the user.js If you can find a way to modify mozilla's preferences remotly, /then/ this is really a problem. > file he can do worse things, but why should there be a way to override > security patches without uninstalling them? You can overwrite every security patch, if you have sufficient write permissions. Thomas -- PGP/GnuPG: http://www.kaschwig.net/kaschwig.gpg.asc * KeyID: 0x3D68D63A Fingerprint: 274A 4CB8 B362 D593 39D6 0989 8FC3 725F 3D68 D63A _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
