CVE-2006-0848
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.
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Key data
EPSS
- Score
- 0.58105 (58.1% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.1%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
References
- 18963 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- mathematik.uni-ulm.de/numerik/staff/lehn/macosx.html
- VU#999708 (kb.cert.org)third-party-advisory
- 16736 (securityfocus.com)vdb-entry
- 1015652 (securitytracker.com)vdb-entry
- TA06-053A (us-cert.gov)third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-0671 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- TA06-062A (us-cert.gov)third-party-advisory
- heise.de/english/newsticker/news/69862
- 23510 (osvdb.org)vdb-entry
- frsirt.com/exploits/20060222.safari_safefiles_exec.pm.php
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
- macosx-zip-command-execution(24808) (exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com)vdb-entry
Timeline
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