Re: NetSec Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities Resulting From Use Of Apple OSX HFS+
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>VULNERABILITY DETAILS
>
>Name: Multiple Vulnerabilities Resulting From Use Of Apple
OSX
>HFS+=20
>Impact: HIGH
>Platform: Apple OS X (Darwin) <=3D 10.2
>Method: Possible unauthorized access to file system data
>Identifier: 07012005-01
After reading your advisory I do agree it is a security issue, and is
certainly worthy of reporting/posting. However a HIGH impact? I just
don't see it; at most they can read CGI scripts, and most of the time
they can't even do that. For example, I tested it on my OSX Apache
server and my (perl) scripts were forbidden to read by default using the
method mentioned("/path/to/file/..namedfork/data").
Sorry if this seems like a rant.