CVE-2008-2540

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
Link Resource
http://aviv.raffon.net/2008/05/31/SafariPwnsInternetExplorer.aspx Third Party Advisory
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1230 Third Party Advisory
http://www.dhanjani.com/archives/2008/05/safari_carpet_bomb.html Broken Link
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953818.mspx Mitigation Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29445 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020150 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30467 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00001.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1028 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1029 Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022047 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-133.htm Third Party Advisory
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=871138 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1706 Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42765 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8509 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6108 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5782 Third Party Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-015
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-014
Configurations

Configuration 1


Information

Published : 2008-06-03 03:32

Updated : 2019-02-26 02:04


NVD link : CVE-2008-2540

Mitre link : CVE-2008-2540

Products Affected
No products.
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