Re: Serious Flaw on OS X in Apple Safari

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Yes -- that does sounds quite serious. :-/

- ferg


-- Anthony Rodgers <Anthony_Rodgers () dnv org> wrote:

This looks like it might be quite serious, unlike previous ones. I  
have tested the POC, and can tell you that:

1. It does not need Safari to work
2. It does not need auto-open to work

That information is a red herring. The vulnerability is an OS  
vulnerability that is described in paragraph 4 of the article:

"If a script is given an extension such as "jpg" or "mov" and stored  
within a ZIP archive, Mac OS X will add a binary metadata file to the  
archive which determines its association. This metafile instructs the  
operating system on another Mac to open that file with the Terminal  
application -- regardless of its extension or the symbol displayed in  
the Finder. The Terminal will redirect scripts without an interpreter  
line directly to bash, the standard shell in OS X."

All it needs is a zip file with meta-data in it that makes it behave  
like a shell script, and a file name extension that makes it look  
like a jpg (or any other type of 'friendly' file. This zip file, or  
its resultant contents, can then be downloaded from a web site (with  
or without Safari, with or without auto-open), emailed, or whatever.

Regards,
--
Anthony

On 20-Feb-06, at 5:09 PM, Fergie wrote:

> Via The SAN ISC Daily Handler's Diary.
>
> [snip]
>
> We received notice from Juergen Schmidt, editor-in-chief at  
> heise.de, that a serious vulnerability has been found in Apple  
> Safari on OS X. "In its default configuration shell commands are  
> execute[d] simply by visting a web site - no user interaction  
> required." This could be really bad. Attackers can run shell  
> scripts on your computer remotely just by visiting a malicious  
> website.
>
> Full text of the article: http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/ 
> news/69862
>
> Proof of concept from the original discoverer (Michael Lehn):  
> http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/~lehn/mac.html
>
> [snip]
>
> http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1138
>
> - ferg
>
>
> -- 
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
>  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
>  fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
>  ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/



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