PT-2006-1895 · Apple · Macos X+1

Michael Lehn · Published 2006-02-22 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-0848

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Safari on Apple Mac OS X (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into downloading a MACOSX folder that contains metadata (resource fork) which invokes the Terminal. This can automatically interpret a script using bash. An example of this exploit is demonstrated using a ZIP file that contains a script with a safe file extension.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-16

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0848

Affected Products

Macos X

Safari

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015652 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/16736 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://frsirt.com/exploits/20060222.safari_safefiles_exec.pm.php · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/16866 · Exploit
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0671 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0848 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18963 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24808 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-053A.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/23510 · Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382 · Note
• http://heise.de/english/newsticker/news/69862 · Note
• http://mathematik.uni-ulm.de/numerik/staff/lehn/macosx.html · Note