001/* RuntimePermission.java -- permission for a secure runtime action 002 Copyright (C) 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 003 004This file is part of GNU Classpath. 005 006GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 007it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 008the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 009any later version. 010 011GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 012WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 013MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 014General Public License for more details. 015 016You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 017along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. 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If you modify this library, you may extend 034this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 035obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 036exception statement from your version. */ 037 038 039package java.lang; 040 041import java.security.BasicPermission; 042import java.security.Permission; 043 044/** 045 * A <code>RuntimePermission</code> contains a permission name, but no 046 * actions list. This means you either have the permission or you don't. 047 * 048 * Permission names have the follow the hierarchial property naming 049 * convention. In addition, an asterisk may appear at the end of a 050 * name if following a period or by itself. 051 * 052 * <table border=1> 053 * <tr><th>Valid names</th><th>Invalid names</th></tr> 054 * <tr><td>"accessClassInPackage.*","*"</td> 055 * <td>"**", "*x", "*.a"</td></tr> 056 * </table> 057 * <br> 058 * 059 * The following table provides a list of all the possible RuntimePermission 060 * permission names with a description of what that permission allows.<br> 061 * <table border=1> 062 * <tr><th>Permission Name</th><th>Permission Allows</th><th>Risks</th</tr> 063 * <tr> 064 * <td><code>createClassLoader</code></td> 065 * <td>creation of a class loader</td> 066 * <td>a class loader can load rogue classes which bypass all security 067 * permissions</td></tr> 068 * <tr> 069 * <td><code>getClassLoader</code></td> 070 * <td>retrieval of the class loader for the calling class</td> 071 * <td>rogue code could load classes not otherwise available</td></tr> 072 * <tr> 073 * <td><code>setContextClassLoader</code></td> 074 * <td>allows the setting of the context class loader used by a thread</td> 075 * <td>rogue code could change the context class loader needed by system 076 * threads</td></tr> 077 * <tr> 078 * <td><code>setSecurityManager</code></td> 079 * <td>allows the application to replace the security manager</td> 080 * <td>the new manager may be less restrictive, so that rogue code can 081 * bypass existing security checks</td></tr> 082 * <tr> 083 * <td><code>createSecurityManager</code></td> 084 * <td>allows the application to create a new security manager</td> 085 * <td>rogue code can use the new security manager to discover information 086 * about the execution stack</td></tr> 087 * <tr> 088 * <td><code>exitVM</code></td> 089 * <td>allows the application to halt the virtual machine</td> 090 * <td>rogue code can mount a denial-of-service attack by killing the 091 * virtual machine</td></tr> 092 * <tr> 093 * <td><code>shutdownHooks</code></td> 094 * <td>allows registration and modification of shutdown hooks</td> 095 * <td>rogue code can add a hook that interferes with clean 096 * virtual machine shutdown</td></tr> 097 * <tr> 098 * <td><code>setFactory</code></td> 099 * <td>allows the application to set the socket factory for socket, 100 * server socket, stream handler, or RMI socket factory.</td> 101 * <td>rogue code can create a rogue network object which mangles or 102 * intercepts data</td></tr> 103 * <tr> 104 * <td><code>setIO</code></td> 105 * <td>allows the application to set System.out, System.in, and 106 * System.err</td> 107 * <td>rogue code could sniff user input and intercept or mangle 108 * output</td></tr> 109 * <tr> 110 * <td><code>modifyThread</code></td> 111 * <td>allows the application to modify any thread in the virtual machine 112 * using any of the methods <code>stop</code>, <code>resume</code>, 113 * <code>suspend</code>, <code>setPriority</code>, and 114 * <code>setName</code> of classs <code>Thread</code></td> 115 * <td>rogue code could adversely modify system or user threads</td></tr> 116 * <tr> 117 * <td><code>stopThread</code></td> 118 * <td>allows the application to <code>stop</code> any thread it has 119 * access to in the system</td> 120 * <td>rogue code can stop arbitrary threads</td></tr> 121 * <tr> 122 * <td><code>modifyThreadGroup</code></td> 123 * <td>allows the application to modify thread groups using any of the 124 * methods <code>destroy</code>, <code>resume</code>, 125 * <code>setDaemon</code>, <code>setMaxPriority</code>, 126 * <code>stop</code>, and <code>suspend</code> of the class 127 * <code>ThreadGroup</code></td> 128 * <td>rogue code can mount a denial-of-service attack by changing run 129 * priorities</td></tr> 130 * <tr> 131 * <td><code>getProtectionDomain</code></td> 132 * <td>retrieve a class's ProtectionDomain</td> 133 * <td>rogue code can gain information about the security policy, to 134 * prepare a better attack</td></tr> 135 * <tr> 136 * <td><code>readFileDescriptor</code></td> 137 * <td>read a file descriptor</td> 138 * <td>rogue code can read sensitive information</td></tr> 139 * <tr> 140 * <td><code>writeFileDescriptor</code></td> 141 * <td>write a file descriptor</td> 142 * <td>rogue code can write files, including viruses, and can modify the 143 * virtual machine binary; if not just fill up the disk</td></tr> 144 * <tr> 145 * <td><code>loadLibrary.</code><em>library name</em></td> 146 * <td>dynamic linking of the named library</td> 147 * <td>native code can bypass many security checks of pure Java</td></tr> 148 * <tr> 149 * <td><code>accessClassInPackage.</code><em>package name</em></td> 150 * <td>access to a package via a ClassLoader</td> 151 * <td>rogue code can access classes not normally available</td></tr> 152 * <tr> 153 * <td><code>defineClassInPackage.</code><em>package name</em></td> 154 * <td>define a class inside a given package</td> 155 * <td>rogue code can install rogue classes, including in trusted packages 156 * like java.security or java.lang</td></tr> 157 * <tr> 158 * <td><code>accessDeclaredMembers</code></td> 159 * <td>access declared class members via reflection</td> 160 * <td>rogue code can discover information, invoke methods, or modify fields 161 * that are not otherwise available</td></tr> 162 * <tr> 163 * <td><code>queuePrintJob</code></td> 164 * <td>initiate a print job</td> 165 * <td>rogue code could make a hard copy of sensitive information, or 166 * simply waste paper</td></tr> 167 * </table> 168 * 169 * @author Brian Jones 170 * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu) 171 * @see BasicPermission 172 * @see Permission 173 * @see SecurityManager 174 * @since 1.2 175 * @status updated to 1.4 176 */ 177public final class RuntimePermission extends BasicPermission 178{ 179 /** 180 * Compatible with JDK 1.2+. 181 */ 182 private static final long serialVersionUID = 7399184964622342223L; 183 184 /** 185 * Create a new permission with the specified name. 186 * 187 * @param permissionName the name of the granted permission 188 * @throws NullPointerException if name is null 189 * @throws IllegalArgumentException thrown if name is empty or invalid 190 */ 191 public RuntimePermission(String permissionName) 192 { 193 super(permissionName); 194 } 195 196 /** 197 * Create a new permission with the specified name. The actions argument 198 * is ignored, as runtime permissions have no actions. 199 * 200 * @param permissionName the name of the granted permission 201 * @param actions ignored 202 * @throws NullPointerException if name is null 203 * @throws IllegalArgumentException thrown if name is empty or invalid 204 */ 205 public RuntimePermission(String permissionName, String actions) 206 { 207 super(permissionName); 208 } 209}