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Apple Mac OS X KHTMLParser Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Title : Apple Mac OS X KHTMLParser Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-3058
CVE ID : CVE-2005-4504
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-12-22

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

References

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Apple Mac OS X, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/3058
http://www.frsirt.com/english/reference/6753
http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x22-advisory.txt

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Tom Ferris

ChangeLog

2005-12-22 : Initial release
2006-03-01 : Updated Solution

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