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Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes iChat Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA12575
Release Date: 2004-09-17
Popularity: 17,989 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Apple Macintosh OS X

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Description:
Apple has issued a security update for Mac OS X iChat client. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The problem is that links aren't properly validated before being opened. This can be exploited to launch programs by embedding references to local resources.

The vulnerability has been reported in iChat 1 and 2.

Change Page:
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