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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-02-22T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:48:56.602Z

Reserved: 2006-02-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-0848

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-02-22T23:02:00.000

Modified: 2017-07-20T01:30:07.427

Link: CVE-2006-0848

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