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.

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

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Published : 2008-06-03 03:32

Updated : 2019-02-26 02:04

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NVD link : CVE-2008-2540

Mitre link : CVE-2008-2540

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