> the key point is that an empty directory specification statement in
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PATH (and probably others) is equivalent to $CWD.
And there is also the infamous DT_RPATH (and DT_RUNPATH) that makes it
possible to hardwire unsafe paths into executable files themselves.
This happens quite often and I find it very disturbing.
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Pavel Kankovsky aka Peak / Jeremiah 9:21 "For death is come up into our MS Windows(tm)..." \ 21st century edition /
> the key point is that an empty directory specification statement in
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PATH (and probably others) is equivalent to $CWD.
And there is also the infamous DT_RPATH (and DT_RUNPATH) that makes it
possible to hardwire unsafe paths into executable files themselves.
This happens quite often and I find it very disturbing.
--
Pavel Kankovsky aka Peak / Jeremiah 9:21 "For death is come up into our MS Windows(tm)..." \ 21st century edition /
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