CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-0848
5.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-02-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-16
Description
The "Open 'safe' files after downloading" option in Safari on Apple Mac OS X allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into downloading a __MACOSX folder that contains metadata (resource fork) that invokes the Terminal, which automatically interprets the script using bash, as demonstrated using a ZIP file that contains a script with a safe file extension.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x 10.4.5
• apple mac os x server 10.4.5
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382 docs.info.apple.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18963 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015652 Exploit
- http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20060222.safari_safefiles_exec.pm.php Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/69862 www.heise.de
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/999708 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/numerik/staff/lehn/macosx.html www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de
- http://www.osvdb.org/23510 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16736 Exploit
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-053A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0671 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24808 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382 docs.info.apple.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18963 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015652 Exploit
- http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20060222.safari_safefiles_exec.pm.php Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/69862 www.heise.de
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/999708 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/numerik/staff/lehn/macosx.html www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de
- http://www.osvdb.org/23510 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16736 Exploit
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-053A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0671 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24808 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com