in reply to Re^6: Any security holes?
in thread Any security holes?

Running in taint mode protects you from doing this

No it doesn't.

Taint prevents code execution. While writing to disk could eventually lead to it getting executed, it's too far removed for taint purposes.

The posted program runs fine in taint mode.

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Re^8: Any security holes?
by hippo (Archbishop) on Jun 28, 2022 at 22:06 UTC
    The posted program runs fine in taint mode.

    Ah yes, you are quite right. I should have known better than to trust the assertion that it did not.

    🦛

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