CVE-2008-2306
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 3.8%EU EUVD
Apple Safari before 3.1.2 on Windows does not properly interpret the URLACTION_SHELL_EXECUTE_HIGHRISK Internet Explorer zone setting, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, and force a client system to download and execute arbitrary files.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 3.8% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2302)
- Published
- June 23, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2302 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- microsoft / windows vista
- microsoft / windows xp
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00001.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30775
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/127185(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29835
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020329
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1882/references
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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