Apple Safari 2.0 authentication spoofing

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple Safari 2.0 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Safari version 2.0 (412) does not clearly associate a Javascript dialog box with the web page that generated it, which allows remote attackers to spoof a dialog box from a trusted site and facilitates phishing attacks, aka the "Dialog Origin Spoofing Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 05/24/2005. The weakness was disclosed 06/21/2005 by Jakob Balle with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2272 since 07/13/2005. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at secunia.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 28 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19476 (Debian DSA-779-2 : mozilla-firefox - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding an authentication mechanism.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23339) and Tenable (19476).

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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Nessus ID: 19476
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-779-2 : mozilla-firefox - several vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Authentication
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Jakob Balle
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-2272 (🔍)
X-Force: 23339
SecurityTracker: 1015294
Vulnerability Center: 10347 - Safari 2.0 Dialog Box Origin Spoofing, Low
SecurityFocus: 14011 - Apple Safari Dialog Box Origin Spoofing Vulnerability
Secunia: 15474 - Safari Dialog Origin Spoofing Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 17397 - Multiple Browser Javascript Dialog Origin Spoofing
Vupen: ADV-2005-2659

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/14/2019 09:24
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (78), 06/14/2019 09:24 (7)
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Cache ID: 3:C50:103

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