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Re:Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong by tmp538394722 on Saturday April 03, 2021 @12:08AM (#26678366)
Whether or not a default configuration is vulnerable is a pretty typical component of accessing a vulnerability’s severity.

Unfortunate that the author didn’t mention this.

Obviously this doesn’t excuse the bug, but it’s important to contextualize if we hope to compare relative impact and have frank discussions.

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Re:Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong by comex on Saturday April 03, 2021 @01:47AM (#26678682)
The default configuration was, in fact, vulnerable at the time. Having it be commented out by default is new.
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Re:Man who thought opening a TXT file is fine thought wrong by saagarjha on Saturday April 03, 2021 @06:55AM (#26679951)
The vulnerability: https://www.fcvl.net/vulnerabilities/macosx-gatekeeper-bypas...
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