[for-q-clinton]

Ok, finally an reasonable answer.

So #1 is a problem that ships with the OS that is exploitable.

Now all I need to do is bookmark this for the next time I hear someone claim Mac is foolproof.

[Swordmaker]

Ok, finally an reasonable answer.

All of my responses to you have been reasonable.

So #1 is a problem that ships with the OS that is exploitable.

False. While it does ship with the OS, it is not part of the OS, and is not factory installed on the computer.

You use this and it will make you look the fool to anyone who knows the actual facts. There is also a difference between a vulnerability and an exploit and between an exploit and a proof-of-concept. At most, that is what this is... another proof-of-concept file that, in very unusual circumstances, could, if loaded with a maliciously designed URL, execute a PREVIOUSLY PLACED AND LOADED malicious application on the target computer. Tell me, for-q, how did that previously placed malicious application get placed on the MAc without the user's knowledge??? That's trivially easy to do on a Windows box... but not on a Mac.

There have been prior vulnerabilities in OS X and all that have been found have been repaired within a short period of time. The fix for this one is already available.