CVE-2011-3230

mediumpriority · attend · 54EPSS 0.493 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

49.3% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

73 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Apple Safari before 5.1.1 on Mac OS X does not enforce an intended policy for file: URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimary

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-17986Apple Safari - 'file://' Arbitrary Code Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
exploit/osx/browser/safari_file_policyApple Safari file:// Arbitrary Code Executionfunctional · metasploit

affected products (73)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
apple safari≤ 5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safariall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.0.0b1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.0.0b2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.0b1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.2.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari= 1.2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2011-10-14modified 2026-06-16

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references (13)

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