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.

• CWE-16

• 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

Published

Feb 22, 2006

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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