Apple’s Safari browser has a privacy vulnerability allowing web sites you visit to extract your personal information (e.g., name, address, phone number) from your computer’s address book. The fix is to turn off Safari’s web form autofill feature, which is selected by default (Preferences > AutoFill > AutoFill web form).

It’s an interesting Javascript exploit that does not seem to be a problem for other browsers.

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