CVE-2008-2540

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Published: June 3, 2008 at 03:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorSafari· also runs on 5 platforms

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 8%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Safari · Apple

95%

v < 3.1.2

Affected range stops below 3.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

microsoft-internet-explorer (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2003 (environment) · microsoft-windows-server-2008 (environment) · microsoft-windows-vista (environment) · microsoft-windows-xp (environment)