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Major Privilege Escalation Bug in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5

In case you haven't seen it, any user with an account (admin or not) on Tiger or Leopard can run any command as root. Contrary to some published reports, physical access to the machine is not required; commands can be executed over an SSH or ARD/VNC connection as well.
By Periodik Labs on June 19, 2008 11:04 AM |

Overheard at the WWDC Keynote

"That's not a feature, that's a bug!"
— An attendee's reaction to Steve Jobs' announcement that Microsoft Exchange support is the one new feature in Snow Leopard
By Periodik Labs on June 9, 2008 7:30 PM |
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