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CVE-2006-0848 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/18963	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015652	CVE	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24808	CVE
http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20060222.safari_safefiles_exec.pm.php	CVE	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/69862	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/999708	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/numerik/staff/lehn/macosx.html	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/23510	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16736	CVE	Exploit
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-053A.html	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0671	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/18963	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015652	[email protected]	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24808	[email protected]
http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20060222.safari_safefiles_exec.pm.php	[email protected]	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/69862	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/999708	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/numerik/staff/lehn/macosx.html	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/23510	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16736	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-053A.html	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0671	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-16	Configuration	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apple mac os x	10.4.5
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x server	10.4.5
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 23, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]