CVE-2008-2540

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2540
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-03 15:32:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionApple 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apple Safari All All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Access denied | www.dhanjani.com used Cloudflare to restrict access af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.dhanjani.com Broken Link
ASA-2009-133 (963027) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com Third Party Advisory
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-014 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
Microsoft Windows SearchPath Function May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
APPLE-SA-2008-06-19 Safari v3.1.2 for Windows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.nortel.com Third Party Advisory
Microsoft issues Safari-to-IE blended threat warning | Zero Day | ZDNet.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.zdnet.com Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-104A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
Aviv Raff On .NET - Safari pwns Internet Explorer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 aviv.raffon.net Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Apple Safari for Windows XP and Vista Lets Remote Users Download Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Your request has been blocked. This could be due to several reasons. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.microsoft.com Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Apple Safari and Microsoft Windows Client-side Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Apple Safari on Windows Code Execution Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-015 - Moderate | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
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