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Why Apple must fix Safari 'carpet bombing' flaw immediately

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ZDNet; By Ryan Naraine 		Mail this story
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Some quick background: Researcher Nitesh Dhanjani responsibly reports to Apple than it is possible for a malicious Web site to litter the user’s (Windows) Desktop or Downloads directory (~/Downloads/ in OSX) with executables masquerading as legitimate icons.

It looks like yet another Windows vulnerability exploited, to me

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