Think twice next time you mount a .dmg file in OS X as it is possible for someone to craft a corrupt disk image allowing even unprivileged users to exploit the system. The vulnerability, which has been rated as highly critical by Secunia, is even worse when you take into account that, by default, Safari automatically mounts downloaded disk images.
OS X Vulnerability Found with Corrupt Disk Images
November 24, 2006
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