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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>, Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
Cc: emacs-tangents@gnu.org
Subject: Re: 2023-02-27 Emacs news
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 20:08:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <88a8d27c-1eb3-b0f0-8929-027bbd024822@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP_d_8XZ0GB_MVHyxyG68hEnD_SQtDDa99fdAo+_gfHD7ffa0g@mail.gmail.com>

On 28/02/2023 16:05, Yuri Khan wrote:
> If you open a malicious source file in an editor, you don’t expect it
> to execute any code written within, surely not before you press the
> Run key. If opening a file for editing trashes your home directory,
> it’s a bug and a vulnerability. If opening a file for editing causes
> personal information to be sent outside, it’s a bug and a
> vulnerability.

Neither of that happened with the linked "vulnerability", though.

It only worked if you pressed "C-c C-f" on a line that contained 
something like

require '; rm -rf ~'



  reply	other threads:[~2023-02-28 18:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-02-28  0:16 2023-02-27 Emacs news Sacha Chua
2023-02-28  1:22 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-02-28  4:04   ` Jean Louis
2023-02-28 14:05     ` Yuri Khan
2023-02-28 18:08       ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2023-02-28 18:56         ` Yuri Khan
2023-02-28 19:34           ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-03-01 20:55             ` Emanuel Berg
2023-03-02 10:55       ` Pankaj Jangid
2023-03-03 19:11         ` Akib Azmain Turja

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