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…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 58.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- Safari Archive Metadata Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/osx/browser/safari_metadata_archiveRank excellentdisclosed 21 Feb 2006
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apple Safari - Archive Metadata Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16866remote, unixpublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 58.1% · top 0.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- 18963 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/numerik/staff/lehn/macosx.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#999708 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 16736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1015652 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- TA06-053A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0671 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TA06-062A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/69862 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 23510 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20060222.safari_safefiles_exec.pm.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- macosx-zip-command-execution(24808) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0853 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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