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Originally Posted by Sophus
I had the same. Reinstalling the combo update fixed it. Give it a try.
I had an issue with my menu extras after I installed Photoshop Ele…
Holy fscking sh!t.
http://www.rixstep.com/1/20060314,01.shtml
I got it to work on my machine running 10.4.5 with Security Updates 2006-001 and 002. The method may or may not wor…
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Originally Posted by alphasubzero949
Holy fscking sh!t.
http://www.rixstep.com/1/20060314,01.shtml
I don't feel like testing this POC (proof of concept for those won…
You're missing something. Although the file is read-only to you, its enclosing folder (/Library/Preferences) is still writable to you, which means you can pretty much override the …
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Originally Posted by TETENAL
What I don't understand is why Safari doesn't do the download validation when that setting is turned off.
OK, it seems like I was wrong h…
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Originally Posted by TETENAL
OK, it seems like I was wrong here. Sorry. The download validation is done regardless.
Oh, that's going to piss me off. They're treating…
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Originally Posted by CharlesS
You're missing something. Although the file is read-only to you, its enclosing folder (/Library/Preferences) is still writable to you, which…
Okay guys, the Rixstep POC was updated with new instructions. He also now has a tidbit about MasterPasswordHint, which I stumbled on while going through the plist on my own machin…
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Originally Posted by alphasubzero949
Just like Paranoid Android.
Exactly.
This kind of hand-holding for people who are vulnerable to social engineering is not neede…
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Originally Posted by alphasubzero949
Okay guys, the Rixstep POC was updated with new instructions. He also now has a tidbit about MasterPasswordHint, which I stumbled on…
Okay, here's why the POC will not work through the Finder.
If you duplicate com.apple.loginwindow.plist through the Finder, you get a binary plist file (indicated by bplist00). A…
Just tried it, still no rooted.txt in my /Users/Shared.
Moving the com.apple.loginwindow.plist file to /var/root/Library/Preferences, though, does create the rooted.txt, even if t…
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Originally Posted by alphasubzero949
It seems that if you're running 10.4.0 or 10.4.1, you're 'safe' (notwithstanding the widget exploit).
To which widget exploit are…
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Originally Posted by CharlesS
Just tried it, still no rooted.txt in my /Users/Shared.
Moving the com.apple.loginwindow.plist file to /var/root/Library/Preferences, thoug…
Now Alpha, you just described three complex steps required for this vulnerability. Could a malicious application really secretly do all of those things? Apple can only lock things …
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
Now Alpha, you just described three complex steps required for this vulnerability. Could a malicious application really secretly do all of th…
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Originally Posted by alphasubzero949
This is how I made it work on my system, although I used Xfile instead of the Finder. The key is that the substituted plist be in XM…
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Originally Posted by Hal Itosis
Would you believe Apple Security Update 2006-002v1.1?
It's the same update as before, it just fixes a few bugs in the original upd…
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Originally Posted by Hal Itosis
Would you believe Apple Security Update 2006-002v1.1?
I'm officially confused.® What does this v1.1 due/fix/break?
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Originally Posted by rickey939
I'm officially confused.® What does this v1.1 due/fix/break?
Presumably corrects bugs in update 2006-002. It fixes nothing new. Othe…