This appears to be a rehash of a vulnerability reported about a year and a half ago. I believe the "open safe files" option in Safari has been OFF by default since then.
The claim of "gaining control of the target system" is not supported by their reports. It does however, crash the computer... which means you have to restart your computer. A "crashed computer" cannot be taken over. The most this does is a Denial of Service attack until the user who was stupid enough to download this from an untrusted site restarts his computer.
However, Apple should absolutely incorporate the fix that is in OS X.5 Leopard into earlier versions of OS X.
To: 1234; 6SJ7; Action-America; af_vet_rr; afnamvet; Alexander Rubin; anonymous_user; ...
Mac Security Alert... Looks like a rehash of already covered territory but a warning is in order none-the-less.... PING!
NOT FUD, I think.
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
2 posted on
11/21/2006 5:46:13 PM PST by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: Swordmaker
I remember this one from a year or so ago and took the advice.
3 posted on
11/21/2006 5:52:56 PM PST by
Tribune7
To: Swordmaker
4 posted on
11/21/2006 7:49:40 PM PST by
BigFinn
To: Lil'freeper
5 posted on
11/22/2006 3:42:58 AM PST by
big'ol_freeper
(It looks like one of those days when one nuke is just not enough-- Lt. Col. Mitchell, SG-1)
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