Comment 4 for bug 6290
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| Allison Karlitskaya (desrt) wrote Re: No rights by default to import video from a Firewire device | #4 |
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(Get the code!)
From my understanding, any device on the firewire bus has the ability to execute a powerful bytecode on the host (including the host device itself). Apparently, giving someone access to /dev/raw1394 gives them root (if they're crafty enough).