Why Apple and not (random software vendor)? We like to play with OS X, we enjoy hate e-mail and it's not as crowded as (random software vendor), yet. Thus, it's really comfortable for research and there's so much to be worked out http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/
And these guys don't seem to really be testing an out-of-the-box OS X Mac.
On almost every Mac site you will find posts from Mac users who have attempted to try their demonstration "exploits" and found they DO NOT WORK!
Why is that?
Out of the four flaws found so far, according to their requirements to duplicate their "flaws," flaws #1, #3 and #4 require an installed "working Ruby interpreter" and #2 requires an installed "working Perl interpreter."
Ruby and Perl are UNIX programming languages that are NOT installed by default on OS X. They probably exist on MOAB's computers 'cause that's what they are doing... writing programs in UNIX that they claim are flaws in OS X. They have chosen at some time in the past to install Ruby and Perl... and probably Python and several other UNIX languages.
BUT, for-q, those are NOT part of a default OS X Installation!
Like Maynor and Ellch, apparently they are not above tossing ringers into the mix either... but then Maynor is one of of their code contributers. Or are they just sticking "lit cigarettes into the eyes of Mac users?"