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CVE-2006-1457
Safari on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6, when "Open `safe' files after downloading" is enabled, will automatically expand archives, which could…
Low2.6EPSS 2.3%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Safari on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6, when "Open `safe' files after downloading" is enabled, will automatically expand archives, which could allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an archive that contains a symlink.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 17951 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1016069 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1779 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TA06-132A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 25598 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- safari-archive-code-execution(26427) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#519473 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2006-05-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 20077 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- 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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