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…
Does this matter?
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
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 September 2010
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-16
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/mac os x server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 58.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18963Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015652Exploit
- http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20060222.safari_safefiles_exec.pm.phpExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/69862
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/999708Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/numerik/staff/lehn/macosx.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/23510
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16736Exploit
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-053A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0671Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24808
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18963Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015652Exploit
- http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20060222.safari_safefiles_exec.pm.phpExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/69862
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/999708Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/numerik/staff/lehn/macosx.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/23510
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16736Exploit
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-053A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0671Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24808
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.