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Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #9041

Timestamp:: Jun 9, 2011 7:49:52 AM (13 years ago)
Author:: Frank Mehnert
Comment:: That is correct but only a minor issue and definitely not a security issue, perhaps rather a not-so-obvious behavior.

initial	v1
1		{{{The example python script src/VBox/Frontends/VBoxShell/vboxshell.py, has the ability to save screen-shots. When no file-name for a screen-shot the takeScreenshot function writes the screen-shot to "/tmp/screenshot.png".
2		Potentially "/tmp/screenshot.png" could be a symbolic link to another file. The other file would be over-written if a user saved a screen-shot without specifying the file-name.
3		}}}
	1	The example python script src/VBox/Frontends/VBoxShell/vboxshell.py, has the ability to save screen-shots. When no file-name for a screen-shot the takeScreenshot function writes the screen-shot to "/tmp/screenshot.png".
	2	Potentially "/tmp/screenshot.png" could be a symbolic link to another file. The other file would be over-written if a user saved a screen-shot without specifying the file-name.