OS X Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Rated as Highly Critical by Secunia, this affects Max OS X systems.
Mac OS X com.apple.AppleDiskImageController fails to properly handle corrupted DMG image structures, leading to an exploitable memory corruption condition with potential kernel-mode arbitrary code execution by unprivileged users.
This is even worse if you are using the Safari browser, because it automatically loads downloaded DMG files. This can be prevented by changing the Preferences and deactivating the functionality for "opening safe files after downloading".
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- Post Date :
- Saturday, Nov 25th, 2006 at 9:44 am
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- Mac and Operating Systems and Security
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- Browsers, Mac OS X, Security, vulnerability
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