Safari for Windows Bugs



Safari for Windows Bugs

The Windows version of Safari has more than half a dozen vulnerabilities in the browser beta, including at least three that could let attackers grab complete control of the PC.safari
First day after Safari was released it had up to six bugs.

Four of them could be exploited to crash the browser and/or PC in a denial of service; the other two, were remote execution vulnerabilities.
Danish researcher Thor Larholm wrapped up Safari's opening day with the most damaging disclosure of all: remote execution vulnerability accompanied by proof-of-concept exploit code. Security researchers blame Apple's inexperience in writing code for Windows.

Bugs are not unknown to Apple. Other applications available to Windows users, the QuickTime media player and the iTunes music store software, have been patched several times. Four fixes for QuickTime, two last month alone, have been issued by Apple this year. In March, Apple updated iTunes so it would work more smoothly with Windows Vista.
Apple officials did not respond to a request for comment.

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