Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) and OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including enticing your users into downloading and viewing various documents or images Impact: Various results; in the worst case, an attacker executes code on your user's computer What to do: OS X … [Read more...]
Apple Posts OS X Java Updates for Tiger and Leopard
Summary: This vulnerability affects: OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) and 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) How an attacker exploits it: By enticing your users to a malicious website containing specially crafted Java applets Impact: In the worst case, an attacker executes code on your user's computer, with that user's privileges What to do: Install Java for OS X 10.5 Update 8 or Java for OS X … [Read more...]
QuickTime Movie Handling Vulnerability Only Affects Windows Users
Severity: Medium 13 August, 2010 Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: QuickTime 7.6.6 and earlier for Windows (Mac version is unaffected) How an attacker exploits them: By enticing your user into viewing a maliciously crafted movie Impact: An attacker could execute code on your user's computer, potentially gaining control of it What to do: Download and install … [Read more...]
OS X 10.6.4 and Security Update 2010-004 Fixes 28 Vulnerabilities
Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) and OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) How an attacker exploits them: Multiple vectors of attack, including visiting malicious websites or downloading and viewing various malicious media files Impact: Various results; in the worst case, an attacker executes code on your user's computer, … [Read more...]
Apple's OS X Update Fixes One Serious "Pwn2Own" Flaw
Summary: These vulnerabilities affect: All current versions of OS X 10.5.x (Leopard) and OS X 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) How an attacker exploits them: By enticing one of your users to a malicious website Impact: An attacker executes code on your user's computer, with that user's privileges What to do: OS X administrators should download, test and install Security Update … [Read more...]