Quicktime enables Apple Mac hack

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=9107
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The Apple Mac vulnerability that put $10,000 into the pocket
of a hacker during a Mac hacking contest is in Apple's
QuickTime media player, according to researchers.

"Dino's finding targets Java handling in QuickTime," said
Matasano researcher Thomas Ptacek on Matasano's blog. "Any
Java-enabled browser is a viable attack vector, if QuickTime
is installed. Apple's vulnerable code ships by default on
Mac OS X (obviously) and is extremely popular on Windows,
where this code introduces a third-party vulnerability."
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I wonder how many of the folks who tried to excuse Apple by saying it was a
third party bug will now say the third party bug, introduced by Apple, is
not a sign of weakness for Windows?



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? It is OK to email yourself files and store them there for a few weeks
? No legislation supercedes the Constitution (unless it amends it)
? Apple's video format is not far from NTSC DVD and good enough for most


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