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Safari Meltdown

Crash and burn baby!


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Try It

Code at a link below could totally toast your system if you access it with the Apple Safari web browser. There's a likelihood this was discovered on Windows machines so it should work there too. This has only been tested on Intel boxes but the likelihood is it works on any boxes running Safari - perhaps even the Apple iPhone. JavaScript must be toggled on; after that it's all over.

If you do decide to subject your system to this 'ordeal' you should be prepared: there should be no permanent damage but you'd do well to secure everything on your system first. By that is meant you should close all open applications and documents and if you're running the latest version (3.1/5525.18) prepare to do a power reboot.

Power Reboot

You accomplish a power reboot by holding down ctrl-cmd-power button (⌃⌘-power). [Windows users will have to figure out their own shortcut before beginning.] You will need to do this if you are running the latest version of Safari. Earlier versions (2.x) are also toast but they won't take down your entire system. YMMV but Safari 3.1/5525.18 will most likely take down your entire system.

Damage Control

Hold down ⌘S - 'single user mode' - when rebooting your system. Once in single user mode run the following command until you're told the file system's OK.

/sbin/fsck -fy

Note: this hack does not normally corrupt anything in your file system but it's best to be careful.

What to Expect

With versions of Safari prior to the latest 3.1/5525.18 you'll probably just see Safari disappear. There will be no crash log anywhere and no notice the application is going down. Neither will there be the obsequious panel to send something to Apple. Safari will just be gone. Poof.

With the latest version of Safari things get a bit hairier. Your system will spin totally out of control. You won't be able to run any other applications or 'force quit' Safari or anything. You'll be toast. The only way you have out is a power reboot - so make sure you know how to do it before you begin.

Safari may also accumulate a lot of 'junk' in your 'Caches' directory. This can simply be removed. For some curious reason the application - regardless of version - creates 'web bookmark' files for all your bookmarks.

Here's a listing for the aftermath of the meltdown test on an earlier version 2.x of Safari.

total 1136
drwxr-xr-x   144 davehyatt  appleinc  4896 Apr 25 15:31 .
drwx------     4 davehyatt  appleinc   136 Apr 25 15:31 ..
-rw-r--r--     1 davehyatt  appleinc    93 Apr 25 15:31 01DB28C7-FAB3-48A7-9621-0AE6B80318B2.webbookmark
-rw-r--r--     1 davehyatt  appleinc   128 Apr 25 15:31 01DEE7E1-3633-11D9-9F63-000A95DA4200.webbookmark
-rw-r--r--     1 davehyatt  appleinc   120 Apr 25 15:31 01DEEA1A-3633-11D9-9F63-000A95DA4200.webbookmark
-rw-r--r--     1 davehyatt  appleinc   104 Apr 25 15:31 01DEEE3A-3633-11D9-9F63-000A95DA4200.webbookmark
-rw-r--r--     1 davehyatt  appleinc   140 Apr 25 15:31 01DEF046-3633-11D9-9F63-000A95DA4200.webbookmark
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-rw-r--r--     1 davehyatt  appleinc   101 Apr 25 15:31 F2E0437F-AA29-11D8-B98A-000A95DA4200.webbookmark
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-rw-r--r--     1 davehyatt  appleinc    99 Apr 25 15:31 F54D62D4-069F-4254-804B-552677B1DB4C.webbookmark
-rw-r--r--     1 davehyatt  appleinc   127 Apr 25 15:31 F72884BA-EA9B-11D8-A615-000A95DA4200.webbookmark
-rw-r--r--     1 davehyatt  appleinc   148 Apr 25 15:31 FEA59BB4-F83A-11DB-B3B0-0003937570C8.webbookmark
-rw-r--r--     1 davehyatt  appleinc   156 Apr 25 15:31 FF2C1324-E839-11D8-92C3-000A95DA4200.webbookmark

Here's what happens with Safari 3.1.

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This crash may also occur on Apple's iPhone - in which case the 'damage' may be found in locations particular to that device.

Going for the Meltdown

Rixstep take no responsibility for your actions or for whatever happens to you by clicking the link below; by clicking the link you agree to these conditions.

That being said and agreed on - go ahead and click!

Safari Meltdown II — The Test »

About the Hack

The hack comes by way of Tom Ferris of Security Protocols and was supposedly devised by the renowned Georg Guninski.

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