CVE-2007-4424

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Apple Safari for Windows 3.0.3 and earlier does not prompt the user before downloading a file, which allows remote attackers to download arbitrary files to the desktop of a client system via certain HTML, as demonstrated by a filename in the DATA attribute of an OBJECT element. NOTE: it could be argued that this is not a vulnerability because a dangerous file is not actually launched, but as of 2007, it is generally accepted that web browsers should prompt users before saving dangerous content.

Affected products

Apple Safari: through 3.0.3

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3022
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476675/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476690/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477180/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018575
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3022
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476675/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/476690/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477180/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018575

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