Webkit is the application framework which Safari is built on, developed by Apple. It went “open source” in June 2005, but on June 11, 2007 (Safari 3’s release date) a Windows port was added. Leander Kahney from Wired said recently that it appears that Apple is turning Webkit into ” a big open-source development project to rival Mozilla”. Kahney also stated, “Unlike Mozilla, which has only a nonprofit foundation to back its efforts, two big companies are pushing WebKit: Apple and Nokia, which is using the technology for some of its smartphones.”

Just 3 days after it’s initial beta release, Apple already has a software update available for Safari.

“Changes in Safari 3.0.1 for Windows beta: Latest security updates”

Safari for Windows had only been released a matter of hours before “security researchers” began hammering away at it.

Thor Larholm wrote a PoC exploit in just 2 hours, and shared his method and thoughts in “Safari for Windows, 0day exploit in 2 hours“. The attack can use an installed Firefox application and the Gopher URL protocol (other “attack vectors” besides these could be available), but the actual vulnerability is provided by Safari. Thor also provides a direct link to a page that WILL crash your Safari browser on Windows just to demonstrate!

Aviv Raff was able to locate a memory corruption by running Hamachi (”a community-developed utility for verifying browser integrity, written by H D Moore and Aviv Raff”). More can be found at “Apple Safari for Windows - Out with a crash“

David Maynor found 6 bugs (4 DoS and 2 remote code execution), and reported them in his appropriately named article: “Niiiice…“.

“The world’s best browser. Now on Windows, too.”

On Monday, June 11, 2007, Steve Jobs announced that Apple had created a version of Safari of Windows.

Safari, which previously ran solely on the Apple Macintosh operating system, has approximately 4.9 percent of the browser business. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has around 78 percent, while Firefox has around 15 percent of the browser market.

Welcome to SafariSucks.com. This website is here to present the latest news about Apple’s Safari from recent headlines, as well as report our own experiences. SafariSucks.com was created for a number of reasons, but the release of Safari 3 Beta for Windows on June 11, 2007 was the tipping point.

The domain “SafariSucks.com” was purchased in 2004 after just two days of using Safari on OSX (Mozilla’s FireFox was downloaded and installed immediately following).