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darkerside
on May 12, 2017
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When Bash scripts bite
Honest question: what security principles does this violate?
Karunamon
on May 12, 2017
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/tmp generally has more open permissions than the rest of the file system, and if you're using a known file name, you're open to that file being abused by an attacker.
I know of no good reason to not use mktemp.
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