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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.1

CVE-2006-0848 json

The "Open 'safe' files after downloading" option in Safari on Apple Mac OS X allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary com…

published 2006-02-22 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0853

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
58.1%
EPSS 58.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

58.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/osx/browser/safari_metadata_archive Safari Archive Metadata Command Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2006-02-21
  • EDB-16866 Apple Safari - Archive Metadata Command Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2010-09-20
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16736 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1015652 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • frsirt.com http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20060222.safari_safefiles_exec.pm.php referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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