National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-1457

Overview

Safari on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6, when "Open `safe' files after downloading" is enabled, will automatically expand archives, which could allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an archive that contains a symlink.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-132A

Name: TA06-132A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#519473

Name: VU#519473

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/519473

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2006-05-11

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html

External Source: XF

Name: safari-archive-code-execution(26427)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26427

External Source: BID

Name: 17951

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 25598

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/25598

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-1779

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/1779

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1016069

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016069

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20077

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20077