In a security alert bulletin, Microsoft claims that there is a blended threat from combined attack when using Apple’s Safari on the Windows platform.
The flaw is already documented with examples at the following address: http://www.dhanjani.com/archives/2008/05/safari_carpet_bomb.html
In summary, one could format a dedicated web page to make Safari to download a file in the default "download" folder without the end user being able to notice it. In addition, one could even remotely recover those files. However, by changing the default location where Safari downloads content to the local drive, PC users of Safari would not be affected by this blended threat.
For sure, this news comes right on time for Microsoft, as alternative browser keeps increasing their market share on Windows platform, with Firefox getting the largest part of it. Mozilla is probably happy too, as the launch for Firefox 3 is planned for this week.
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