It was back in January that Core Security discovered the vulnerabilities in iCal, the calendar application that’s part of the Mac OS X. Two of them could cause the computer to crash, while the third could possibly allow a hacker to take control of the computer.
Ivan Acre, CTO of Core Security Technologies, explained to MacNewsWorld that “the third one can be used to compromise the computer with all the rights of the user running the application. For that to happen, the most likely scenario is the user opening up an e-mail or a calendar file that is malicious and has been specially crafted. If the user then edits the file, the Mac would be compromised. It requires some form of assistance."
