Am 22.03.2013 00:56, schrieb Sam Varshavchik:
Even let's hypothetically say there's an exploit in Firefox
that can be used to inject executable code, through a
malicious web page, once running the code will have no way to overwrite Firefox's
binary executable, and implant
itself in Firefox, or any other operating system executable. As soon as you log out or
reboot, it's gone. The scope
of the damage is limited to wiping files in your home directory, and that's about it
this as a very naive point of view
you do not need to change system-binaries
it is enough to place you executeable in the userhome, start
it with the desktop and let connect it to a remote-server to
have a shell and break any privacy of the user
how many users would recognize such intrusion?