… a serious vulnerability has been found in Apple Safari on OS X.  “In its default configuration shell commands are execute[d] simply by visting a web site – no user interaction required.”  This could be really bad.  Attackers can run shell scripts on your computer remotely just by visiting a malicious website.

Full text of the article: http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/69862
Proof of concept from the original discoverer (Michael Lehn): http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/~lehn/mac.html

The problem is due to a feature that is activated by default: Open Safe Files after downloading.  A zip file is considered safe and so they will be opened automatically.  Subsequently, a shell script with no #! at the beginning of the script will be executed automatically.  No user interaction!

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