Comcast Desktop Installer Ruby script to hijack Firefox

install_ff_plugin.rb

require "rexml/document"
require "fileutils"

FIREFOX_PROFILES_LOCATION = "Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/"
TEMP_DIRECTORY = "comcast_temp_000123"
FIREFOX_TOOLBAR_FILENAME = "XfinitydotcomToolbarMAC.xpi"

abs_path_xpi_directory = File.dirname($0)
# user may pass a commandline argument to override the default location
# of the xpi
if (ARGV[0] != nil)
  abs_path_xpi_directory = ARGV[0]
end

# add all our settings to this profile
def add_settings_to_ff_profile(profile_name, abs_path_xpi_directory)
  
  clsid = nil
  Dir.chdir(abs_path_xpi_directory) do
    if (File.exist?TEMP_DIRECTORY)
      `rm -rf '#{TEMP_DIRECTORY}'`
    end
    Dir.mkdir(TEMP_DIRECTORY)
    `unzip '#{FIREFOX_TOOLBAR_FILENAME}' -d '#{TEMP_DIRECTORY}'`
    manifest = File.new(TEMP_DIRECTORY+"/manifest.xml")
    doc = REXML::Document.new manifest
    clsid = doc.get_elements("toolbar-manifest/dtx")[0].attributes["clsid"].to_s()
    manifest.close
  end
  
  Dir.chdir() do
        dirlocation = FIREFOX_PROFILES_LOCATION+profile_name+"/extensions/"+clsid
        if (!File.exist?(dirlocation) || Dir.entries(dirlocation).length < 3)
          if (File.exists?(dirlocation))
            puts "exists, delete it"
            Dir.delete(dirlocation)
          end
          FileUtils.mkdir_p(dirlocation)
          puts "copy file: "+abs_path_xpi_directory+"/"+TEMP_DIRECTORY+"/."
          FileUtils.cp_r(abs_path_xpi_directory+"/"+TEMP_DIRECTORY+"/.", dirlocation)
          puts "toolbar installed"
        else
          puts "it seems the firefox toolbar is already installed"
        end
  end
  
  Dir.chdir(File.dirname($0)) do
    `rm -rf '#{TEMP_DIRECTORY}'`
  end
  
end


Dir.chdir() do
  puts "running script from "+File.expand_path($0)
  ff_profile_list = `ls '#{FIREFOX_PROFILES_LOCATION}'`.split("\n")
  ff_profile_list.each { |profile_folder|
    Dir.chdir() do
      ## This check is necessary because Firefox seems to throw random non-folders in the
      ## profile directory (when profiles have spaces in the names)
      if (File.directory?(FIREFOX_PROFILES_LOCATION+profile_folder))
        puts "\n--------\nprofile folder: "+profile_folder+"\n--------"
        add_settings_to_ff_profile(profile_folder, abs_path_xpi_directory)
      else
        puts 'seems this profile is not a directory '+profile_folder
      end
    end

  }
end