CVE-2009-1708

Severity

93%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

165%

Apple Safari before 4.0 does not prevent calls to the open-help-anchor URL handler by web sites, which allows remote attackers to open arbitrary local help files, and execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information, via a crafted call.

Apple Safari before 4.0 does not prevent calls to the open-help-anchor URL handler by web sites, which allows remote attackers to open arbitrary local help files, and execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information, via a crafted call.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Apple Safari

First reported 15 years ago

2009-06-10 18:00:00

Last updated 15 years ago

2009-06-19 05:32:00

Affected Software

Apple Safari 2.0.4 for Mac OS X

2.0.4

Apple Safari 3.0.2 for Mac OS X

3.0.2

Apple Safari 3.0.3 for Mac OS X

3.0.3

Apple Safari 3.0.4 for Mac OS X

3.0.4

References

APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1

Patch, Vendor Advisory

55011

35379

Vendor Advisory

1022345

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613

Patch, Vendor Advisory

35260

Exploit, Patch

35351

ADV-2009-1522

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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