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CVE-2006-0848
The "Open 'safe' files after downloading" option in Safari on Apple Mac OS X allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary…
Medium5.1EPSS 58.1%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 58.1% · top 0.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- 18963 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/numerik/staff/lehn/macosx.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#999708 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 16736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1015652 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- TA06-053A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0671 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TA06-062A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/69862 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 23510 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20060222.safari_safefiles_exec.pm.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- macosx-zip-command-execution(24808) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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