Description
Apple Safari on Mac OS X, and before 3.1.2 on Windows, does not prompt the user before downloading an object that has an unrecognized content type, which allows remote attackers to place malware into the (1) Desktop directory on Windows or (2) Downloads directory on Mac OS X, and subsequently allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on Windows by leveraging an untrusted search path vulnerability in (a) Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP or (b) the SearchPath function in Windows XP, Vista, and Server 2003 and 2008, aka a "Carpet Bomb" and a "Blended Threat Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different issue than CVE-2008-1032. NOTE: Apple considers this a vulnerability only because the Microsoft products can load application libraries from the desktop and, as of 20080619, has not covered the issue in an advisory for Mac OS X.
References
- 30467 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2009-1028 vdb-entry
- 1022047 vdb-entry
- 1020150 vdb-entry
- 29445 vdb-entry
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953818.mspx
- ADV-2009-1029 vdb-entry
- TA09-104A third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8509 vdb-entry signature
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1230
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=871138
- MS09-014 vendor-advisory
- http://www.dhanjani.com/archives/2008/05/safari_carpet_bomb.html
- APPLE-SA-2008-06-19 vendor-advisory
- http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/05/31/SafariPwnsInternetExplorer.aspx
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5782 vdb-entry signature
- apple-safari-windows-code-execution(42765) vdb-entry
- MS09-015 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6108 vdb-entry signature
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-133.htm
- ADV-2008-1706 vdb-entry