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Attack code out for Apple flaw

Neowin · Jun 29, 2006 15:59 EDT · Hot! with -1 comments

Attack code that exploits a flaw in Apple Computer's Mac OS X was publicly released Wednesday, increasing the urgency to patch.

The code's arrival comes just a day after Apple made an update available for its operating system. The malicious program takes advantage of a locally exploitable vulnerability in an operating system component called "launchd".

"Attackers may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges," Symantec said in a security alert to customers that was updated on Thursday.

Kevin Finisterre, a security researcher at Digital Munition, created the exploit. Earlier this year, Finisterre created the Inqtana worm, which targets Mac OS X and spreads using an 8-month-old vulnerability in Apple's Bluetooth software. His actions are in part to demonstrate that Apple software is notunbreakable, he has said.

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