Is CVE-2006-0848 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-0848 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-0848?

CVE-2006-0848 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.1 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-0848?

CVE-2006-0848 has an EPSS score of 58.10% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-0848

MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctl

5.1

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The "Open 'safe' files after downloading" option in Safari on Apple Mac OS X allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into downloading a __MACOSX folder that contains metadata (resource fork) that invokes the Terminal, which automatically interprets the script using bash, as demonstrated using a ZIP file that contains a script with a safe file extension.

CWE-16

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

58.10%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.