Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
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 the Terminal, which automatically interprets the script using bash, as demonstrated using a ZIP file that contains a script with a safe file extension.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.581 (99.1th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.581 · newest: 0.581 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.4.5
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.4.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/18963 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/numerik/staff/lehn/macosx.html
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/999708 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16736 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-053A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0671 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/69862
- www.osvdb.org/23510 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-0848?
- CVE-2006-0848 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under CWE-16. Published 2006-02-22.
- Is CVE-2006-0848 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.