Benjamin Juang (ibneko) wrote,
Benjamin Juang
ibneko

Regarding the recent MacOS X Exploit

Secunia (security-bug-whatnot site that I follow) has released a Vulnerability test for the Safari command execution exploit.

http://secunia.com/mac_os_x_command_execution_vulnerability_test/

The current available solution:
Solution:
The vulnerability can be mitigated by disabling the "Open safe files after downloading" option in Safari.

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Or use firefox. Maybe. I dunno. Will test that... maybe much later.
Tags: apple, cracking, hacking, security
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