Apple has released Security Update 2010-003 for Mac OS X, patching a vulnerability that was disclosed at Pwn2Own 2010.
"At Pwn2Own, hacker Charlie Miller exploited the loophole through Safari to penetrate a Mac system and win the award in that category," according to The H Security.
"The hole, previously assumed to be a Safari issue, is in fact a bug in the operating systems Apple Type Service (ATS)," the article states. "Apple say that by using specially prepared embedded fonts in documents, it's possible to inject code into a system and execute it."
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