VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-2540

HIGH 9.3EPSS 8.31%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Apple Safari on Mac OS X, and before 3.1.2 on Windows, does not prompt the user before downloading an object that has an unrecognized content type, which allows remote attackers to place malware into the (1) Desktop directory on Windows or (2) Downloads directory on Mac OS X, and subsequently allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on Windows by leveraging an untrusted search path vulnerability in (a) Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP or (b) the SearchPath function in Windows XP, Vista, and Server 2003 and 2008, aka a "Carpet Bomb" and a "Blended Threat Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different issue than CVE-2008-1032. NOTE: Apple considers this a vulnerability only because the Microsoft products can load application libraries from the desktop and, as of 20080619, has not covered the issue in an advisory for Mac OS X.

CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 8.31% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-264
Affected: apple/safari
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/05/31/SafariPwnsInternetExplorer.aspxThird Party Advisory
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1230Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30467Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020150Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-133.htmThird Party Advisory
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=871138Third Party Advisory
http://www.dhanjani.com/archives/2008/05/safari_carpet_bomb.htmlBroken Link
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953818.mspxMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29445Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022047Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1706Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1028Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1029Broken Link
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-014
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-015
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42765Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5782Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6108Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8509Third Party Advisory
http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/05/31/SafariPwnsInternetExplorer.aspxThird Party Advisory
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1230Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30467Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020150Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-133.htmThird Party Advisory
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=871138Third Party Advisory
http://www.dhanjani.com/archives/2008/05/safari_carpet_bomb.htmlBroken Link
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953818.mspxMitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory

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