CVE-2007-3186

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-06-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Apple Safari Beta 3.0.1 for Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URI in the SRC of an IFRAME, as demonstrated using a gopher URI.

Affected products

Apple Safari: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 3.0 (+1)

References

http://larholm.com/2007/06/12/safari-for-windows-0day-exploit-in-2-hours
http://larholm.com/2007/06/14/safari-301-released/
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Jun/msg00000.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-June/063926.html
http://osvdb.org/38542
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471176/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24434
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018224
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2192
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34824
http://larholm.com/2007/06/12/safari-for-windows-0day-exploit-in-2-hours
http://larholm.com/2007/06/14/safari-301-released/

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