# HG changeset patch # User reimar # Date 1367773355 0 # Node ID a657a5332e3a5f48c620d8121550436647bd056e # Parent 5950fc0d4b53d4a512596b4b45f0e104bd7cb7c2 manpage: document -playlist being unsafe in its option description This really should have been added to the manpage at the start of the previous decade. There's still bad advice about -playlist in the XML docs, but I'll remove that later when purging more obsolete/wrong stuff from there. Patch by Uoti Urpala [uau mplayer2 org] diff -r 5950fc0d4b53 -r a657a5332e3a DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 --- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Sun May 05 17:02:33 2013 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Sun May 05 17:02:35 2013 +0000 @@ -1283,6 +1283,15 @@ Play files according to a playlist file (ASX, Winamp, SMIL, or one-file-per-line format). .br +.I WARNING: +The way MPlayer parses and uses playlist files is not safe against +maliciously constructed files. +Such files may trigger harmful actions. +This has been the case for all MPlayer versions, but unfortunately this +fact was not well documented earlier, and some people have even misguidedly +recommended use of -playlist with untrusted sources. +Do NOT use -playlist with random internet sources or files you don't trust! +.br .I NOTE: This option is considered an entry so options found after it will apply only to the elements of this playlist.