Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 Safari memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Safari. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Apple Safari on Mac OS X 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors triggered by clicking on a link, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.

The weakness was presented 03/23/2009 by Nils (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-1042 since 03/23/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/06/2018).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (49388). See 47271 for similar entry.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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03/17/2015 +2181 days 🔍
11/06/2018 +1330 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Nils
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-1042 (🔍)
X-Force: 49388 - Apple Safari unspecified code execution variant 1
SecurityTracker: 1021879
SecurityFocus: 34183 - Apple Safari Unspecified Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 52888 - Apple Safari on Mac OS X Link Click Unspecified Arbitrary Code Execution (PWN2OWN)

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 11/06/2018 07:55
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (58), 11/06/2018 07:55 (4)
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