Highly Critical Security Hole Discovered in Safari
Security hole discovered in Safari 4.0.5 for Windows and may be for the other OSs , this vulnerability discovered by secunia, described as follow
[via macstories]Description
A vulnerability has been discovered in Apple Safari, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of parent windows and can result in a function call using an invalid pointer. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a specially crafted web page and closes opened pop-up windows.
The vulnerability is confirmed in Safari version 4.0.5 for Windows. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution
Do not visit untrusted web sites or follow links from untrusted sources.
Provided and/or discovered by
Krystian Kloskowski (h07)
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