Dashboard in combination with Safari in Mac OS X contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to inject arbitrary widgets. The issue is triggered when the 'Open "safe" files after downloading' option in Safari is enabled. It is possible that the flaw may allow a remote attacker to create a malicious web page that contains an embedded META tag to trigger Safari to download a malicious widget, which would be automatically installed under the /Library/Widgets or ~/Library/Widgets directory without any user intervention resulting in a loss of integrity.

Upgrade to version 10.4.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround: Disable the 'Open "safe" files after downloading' option in Safari.

• Security Tracker: 1014012
• CVE ID: 2005-1474 (see also: NVD)
• Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301629
• Other Advisory URL: http://stephan.com/widgets/zaptastic/
  http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~aaron/files/widgets/
• Vendor URL: http://www.apple.com/

• Aaron Harnly - mithras.the.prophetgmail.com -
• Stephan Meyers - stephanstephan.com -