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How to avoid the new 'Help' URL handler vulnerability
If you don't use the Help Viewer and want a quick fix, type the following in the terminal, and press 'Return':
sudo chmod 000 /System/Library/CoreServices/Help\ Viewer.app You'll have to enter your password. To reverse this, type the following in the terminal: sudo chmod 755 /System/Library/CoreServices/Help\ Viewer.app
How to avoid the new 'Help' URL handler vulnerability
The correct command is
How to avoid the new 'Help' URL handler vulnerability
Note that if you use one of the various utilities or OS X install disks to "repair permissions", this fix will be reversed...
How to avoid the new 'Help' URL handler vulnerability
Yes, the code as seen doesn't work--I forgot to use the code tags to protect the backslashes in front of the space for the help viewer.app. Note that the above reverse command needs chmod 755, not chmod 000 to actually reverse anything.
Also, repairing disk permissions will reverse this fix, although it doesn't make much more work for me--I already have a list of custom permissions for various security/personal reasons/preferences. |
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