{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2540 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2540 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2008-2540 is a critical vulnerability in Apple Safari, published on 3 Jun 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2008-2540 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2008-2540 is a critical vulnerability in Apple Safari, published on 3 Jun 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2540 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Apple Safari. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2540/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2540/index.md)","id":"CVE-2008-2540","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2540/index.md","name":"CVE-2008-2540","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-6mfp-r743-cc3p"],"analysis":{"component_type":"browser","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Apple Safari browser","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can silently download malware to user directories, leading to arbitrary code execution via untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Windows.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"other"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"safari","vendor":"apple"}],"cvss":{"score":9.3,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-264","name":null}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Other in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-2540","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"apple:safari","products":["apple:safari"],"type":"other","year":"2008"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":21,"next":{"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-2541"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-2539"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2008-06-03","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Security feature bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-5780","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2015-10-09"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2014-1300","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2014-03-26"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2014-1303","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2014-03-26"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2010-1120","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-03-25"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-0137","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2009-02-13"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Integer overflow in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-2303","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-07-14"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2007-2843","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2007-05-24"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-07","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can silently download malware to user directories, leading to arbitrary code execution via untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Windows.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2540/"}