2.6 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.006 Low
EPSS
Percentile
78.3%
Apple Safari fails to properly handle archive files that contain symbolic links, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Safari
Apple Safari is a web browser that comes with the Mac OS X operating system.
Symbolic links
Symbolic links are references to files and folders.
“Safe” files
By default, Safari will automatically open “safe” file types, such as pictures, movies, and archive files, including ZIP files. If the contents of an archive file are also considered safe, then Safari will automatically open the contents after the archive is extracted.
The problem
Safari can automatically execute the symbolic link target when it is automatically extracted.
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
Apply an update
Apply Apple Security Update 2006-003. With this update, Safari will not resolve downloaded symbolic links.
Disable “Open ‘safe’ files after downloading”
Disable the option “Open ‘safe’ files after downloading,” as specified in the Securing Your Web Browser document. This will help prevent automatic exploitation of this and other vulnerabilities.
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Notified: May 12, 2006 Updated: May 12, 2006
Affected
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Please see Apple Security Update 2006-003.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23519473 Feedback>).
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Thanks to Apple Product Security for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Will Dormann.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-1457 |
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Severity Metric: | 16.07 Date Public: |