PT-2006-2465 · Apple · Safari+1

Published 2006-05-12 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-1457

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Safari on Apple Mac OS X version 10.4.6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to potentially overwrite arbitrary files on the system. This is possible when the "Open `safe' files after downloading" option is enabled, and Safari automatically expands archives. If an archive contains a symlink, it could be used to overwrite files.

Recommendations For Safari on Apple Mac OS X version 10.4.6, consider disabling the "Open `safe' files after downloading" option to prevent automatic expansion of archives and minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-1457

Affected Products

Macos X

Safari

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1457 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/519473 · Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016069 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26427 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/17951 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/25598 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20077 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1779 · Note