Closed
Bug 1412239
Opened 7 years ago
Closed 3 years ago
Firefox Profile Manager can wipe out user's main Firefox folder
Categories
(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)
Tracking
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RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
of bug 302087
People
(Reporter: kamil.van.wilczek, Unassigned)
Details
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0
Build ID: 20170928210252
Steps to reproduce:
Dear Sirs,
I do not know that is this a bug or feature, but on a Linux at least
it is possible to wipe out the main Firefox directory using the
command line and the Profile Manager.
The recipe:
1. It is possible to create a Profile without a name by issuing
the following command:
# firefox-esr --no-remote --CreateProfile ""
This works as expected and creates a 'xxxxxxxx.' directory inside
the default '~/.mozilla/firefox' folder.
2. But there is also an option to provide the Profile directory.
It is possible to run this command:
# firefox-esr --no-remote --CreateProfile '"" /absolute/path/.mozilla/firefox/'
As a result the main Firefox directory is treated as a profile directory for the
unnamed Profile. prefs.js appears inside the ~/.mozilla/firefox/.
3. Now, using the Profile Manager we can delete the unnamed profile with
its files (it appears as a user icon without a name).
The actual problem is here: because the main Firefox directory is treated as the profile
directory, it will be deleted, with all its contents --- profile folders of other
Profiles, etc.
Actual results:
The main Firefox directory (~/.mozilla/firefox/) is no more.
Expected results:
I think that the Firefox shouldn't allow for empty Profile names and using its own main
directory as a storage for a Profile.
Reporter | ||
Updated•7 years ago
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Component: Untriaged → Shell Integration
OS: Unspecified → Linux
Hardware: Unspecified → x86_64
Summary: Firefox Profile Manager can wipe out main Firefox folder → Firefox Profile Manager can wipe out user's main Firefox folder
Reporter | ||
Updated•7 years ago
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Component: Shell Integration → General
Updated•7 years ago
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Component: General → Startup and Profile System
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
duplicate of bug 302087
Updated•3 years ago
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 3 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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