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Another Mac OS X ScreenSaver Security Issue (after Security Update 2003-07-14) Jul 29 2003 09:29PM Patrick Haruksteiner (haruk gmx at) (2 replies) Re: Another Mac OS X ScreenSaver Security Issue (after Security Update 2003-07-14) Aug 02 2003 08:42AM Mark Tinberg (mtinberg securepipe com) Re: Another Mac OS X ScreenSaver Security Issue (after Security Update 2003-07-14) Jul 30 2003 08:07PM Doug White (dwhite gumbysoft com) (1 replies) |
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On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 10:07 h, Doug White wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Patrick Haruksteiner wrote:
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>> I discoverd another security issue with the Mac OS X screensaver.
>> If you have installed escapepod from Ambrosia Software and hit
>> crtl-alt-delete(==backspace) when the screensaver with password
>> protection is running, it kills the screensaver and the desktop is
>> open to anybody - so it has the same effect as the recently
>> emerged password-exploit.
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> This is not a bug in Apple software. This is a third party extension.
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> Ambrosia's Escape Pod is a utility that kills the frontmost app when
> the
> shortcut keystroke is typed. Naturally it does not ship with MacOS X.
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> Since the screen saver is just another application (called
> ScreenSaverEngine), if you hit the kill key when its running, it gets
> killed. Fancy that!
I know that! But it should be the concern of the OS that you cannot
circumvent its security system with the help of other applications!
--
harp
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