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Apple Mac OS X AppKit Malformed File Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability that occurs in AppKit.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the affected application.

This issue affects Mac OS X 10.4.11 and Mac OS X Server 10.4.11.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 29412 (Apple Mac OS X 2008-003 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities) but has been given its own record to better document the vulnerability.