Re: Can iTunes run AppleScript as well as Trojan code?
Re: Can iTunes run AppleScript as well as Trojan code?
- Subject: Re: Can iTunes run AppleScript as well as Trojan code?
- From: Martin Orpen <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 08:18:12 +0100
on 9/4/04 5:52 am, Graff at email@hidden wrote:
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I believe that this actually doesn't have to do with iTunes, it has to
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do with a clash between meta-data and file extensions.
They guy who wrote the trojan example called "virus.mp3" stated:
"Interesting things I discovered: iTunes 2 on Mac OS 9 and iTunes 4 on
Mac OS X both ignore file types; they will open the file, taste it,
find valid ID3 information followed by an MPEG data stream, and happily
proceed to play it."
[from: comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc - Subject: Re: Sorta-RFC-ish: Virus in
MP3? (was Re: mp3 flood uploads)]
[snip]
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To see a safe example of this in action try taking a program such as
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OmniWeb. Copy it to the Desktop, get info on it in the Finder and
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using the "Name & Extension" part of the info window rename it to
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"blah.mp3" It will run just fine even though it has an MP3 file
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extension. Put a custom icon on it that looks like the Finder icon for
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an MP3 and you now have an application that looks like an MP3 file.
That's what annoys me. You can only do this with full Carbon/CFM apps. If
you could do it with AppleScript apps as well, I wouldn't be complaining :-)
--
Martin Orpen
Idea Digital Imaging Ltd -- The Image Specialists
http://www.idea-digital.com
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