Executive Summary
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Title | Apple Safari code execution vulnerability |
Informations | |||
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Name | VU#905292 | First vendor Publication | 2007-12-18 |
Vendor | VU-CERT | Last vendor Modification | 2008-01-07 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | M |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 9.3 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
Vulnerability Note VU#905292Apple Safari code execution vulnerabilityOverviewThe Apple Safari web browser contains a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.I. DescriptionPer Apple Security Update 2007-009:A memory corruption issue exists in Safari's handling of feed: URLs. By enticing a user to access a maliciously crafted URL, an attacker may cause an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by performing additional validation of feed: URLs and providing an error message in case of an invalid URL. This issue does not affect systems running Mac OS X 10.5 or later. II. ImpactA remote unauthenticated attacker who can persuade a user to click on a malicious hyperlink may be able to execute arbitrary code. Note that per Apple Security Update 2007-009 this vulnerability only affects versions of Safari shipped with Mac OS X 10.4 and earlier.III. SolutionUpdateApple has released an update to address this issue. See Apple Security Update 2007-009for more information on obtaining updates.
References
Information available in About Security Update 2007-009 was used in this report. This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.
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Original Source
Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/905292 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
Date | Description |
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2010-05-12 | Name : Mac OS X Security Update 2007-009 File : nvt/macosx_secupd_2007-009.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
Id | Description |
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40724 | Apple Mac OS X Safari RSS Crafted feed: URL Remote Memory Corruption Arbitrar... A memory corruption flaw exists in Mac OS X. Safari fails to validate feed: URLS resulting in a memory corruption. With a specially crafted URL, a context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2007-12-18 | Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues. File : macosx_SecUpd2007-009.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |