Safari and Software Update

We have an iMac that was having some problems and we decided to wipe the hard disk, reinstall 10.7.4 and restore user data from Time Machine. We did so, then upgraded via Sofware Update to 10.7.5.
We ended up with Safari 5.1.7. Unfortunately, for reasons I do not understand, it crashes hard on launch. (It looks like a selector being sent to a class for which it is unknown.)
Software Update says (unbelievably!!) that everything is up to date. I.e., Software Update doesn't seem to understand that the Safari version can be updated to 6.0 (or better, 6.0.1).
If I copy Safari 6.0.1 from another system to this iMac, it runs fine, but the system won't let me use it to replace the current (and obsolete) version. [i.e., I can run it from Desktop, but can't move it to Applications.]
How can I get a valid installer for Safari 6.0.1? Support wants me to go to Software Update, which isn't doing the job. [And for that matter, WHY isn't it working?]

I tried that, but it didn't work - perhaps because I (mistakenly) installed the 10.7.5 Supplemental update first. I agree that the next step is probably to try reinstalling Lion via recovery mode. But I'll probably wait a bit, because I have a temporary work-around in place.
The workaround is to copy Safari 6.0.1 the problem system, putting it someplace OTHER than the Applications folder (since Lion won't let me put it there), then replace the dock's Safari icon with one that points to 6.0.1.

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