A vulnerability has been identified in Apple Mac OS X, which could be exploited by remote attackers or malware to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an error in the Mail application that does not properly validate file types before being opened, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted email attachment with a trusted file extension (e.g. JPG).
This issue is related to : FrSIRT/ADV-2006-0791
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Heise Security.
ChangeLog
2007-11-22 : Initial release
2007-12-18 : Updated Solution
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