CVE-2006-0848

Exp

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.

Published: 2006-02-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0848 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 78.80%, 99th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-0848

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16866 exploit_db edb 2010-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0848

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-23 83.06% 78.80% -4.26%
2 2025-03-30 85.02% 83.06% -1.96%
3 2025-03-29 — 85.02% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0848

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0848

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0848

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple mac_os_x 10.4.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x_server 10.4.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0848

URL Tags
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382
http://secunia.com/advisories/18963 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015652 Exploit
http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20060222.safari_safefiles_exec.pm.php Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/69862
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/999708 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/numerik/staff/lehn/macosx.html
http://www.osvdb.org/23510
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16736 Exploit
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-053A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0671 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24808
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