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February 22, 2006 


Apple Safari may automatically execute arbitrary shell commands

US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#999708: "Apple Safari may automatically execute arbitrary shell commands" This is likely a sign of Apple's increasing popularity. No platform is exempt from vulnerabilities though not all platforms are created equally. It will be interesting to see if this is the beginning of increased attacks directed to Mac OS X.