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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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 commands by tricking a user into downloading a __MACOSX folder that contains metadata (resource fork) that invokes…

MEDIUM 5.1EPSS 58.1%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 58.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 2.0
5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
58.10% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-16
Affected
apple/mac os x · apple/mac os x server
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.