@wisha@lemmy.ml to KDE • edit-29 months agoMalicious KDE theme can wipe out all your datalockwww.reddit.commessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: linux@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareSabata11792linkfedilink3•9 months agoReading the comments, looks like bad/old code mixed with a big update rather than anything malicious. I even ran into themes that killed my KDE last night. Had to purge the configs themes to get it working. Damn glad I didn’t wipe my entire setup.
minus-square@Bro666MAlink6•edit-29 months agoCorrect. The theme creator missed a variable that is not part of the Plasma environment anymore, and instead of running rm -Rf [something] it ran rm -Rf 😬
Reading the comments, looks like bad/old code mixed with a big update rather than anything malicious. I even ran into themes that killed my KDE last night. Had to purge the configs themes to get it working. Damn glad I didn’t wipe my entire setup.
Correct. The theme creator missed a variable that is not part of the Plasma environment anymore, and instead of running
rm -Rf [something]it ran
rm -Rf😬