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There was also code to replace the content of every file on the system with a heart emoji. I am not certain about the timeline though.
by MauranKilom 5y ago
There was also code to replace the content of every file on the system with a heart emoji. I am not certain about the timeline though.
- TobyTheDog123 5y agoI think that code was included, but not reachable. Horrible nonetheless.
- rob74 5y agoWell, I assume that means "every file on the system that Node can access", and on a sensibly configured system I hope Node can't access that many important files - and the files Node can access are either in some git repo or backed up regularly?
- filleduchaos 5y agoWhy would you imagine Node has any less access to a "sensibly configured system" than any other programming language/runtime?
- geerlingguy 5y agoHeh... that's a pretty optimistic take on the average node deployment. There are far too many systems where devs force admins to run 777 on certain directories to fix their bugs—or worse yet, they just have direct access to the servers and no understanding of permissions.
- elondaits 5y agoNode is a programming language. It's used in multiple contexts, not just web. It runs CLI tools, it's the basis of Electron apps. There's no reason to assume it has limited privileges to access files.