Apple Safari up to 3.2.2 information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The XSL stylesheet implementation in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not properly handle XML external entities, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DTD, as demonstrated by a file:///etc/passwd URL in an entity declaration, related to an "XXE attack."

The weakness was shared 06/08/2009 by Chris Evans (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-1699. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44852 (Debian DSA-1988-1 : qt4-x11 - 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175067 (Debian Security Update for Qt4-x11 (DSA-1988)).

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 databases at X-Force (51252) and Tenable (44852). The entries 45184, 43969, 48542 and 48541 are related to this item.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 44852
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1988-1 : qt4-x11 - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 800815
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities June-09 (Win) - II
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Chris Evans
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-1699 (🔍)
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X-Force: 51252
Vulnerability Center: 22599 - Apple Safari < 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0-2.2.1, and iPod Touch OS 1.1-2.2.1 Remote File Disclosure, Medium
SecurityFocus: 35321 - WebKit XML External Entity Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 54972 - Apple Safari WebKit XML External Entity Handling Arbitrary File Disclosure

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 08/11/2021 15:27
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (63), 04/13/2017 12:27 (13), 08/11/2021 15:22 (5), 08/11/2021 15:27 (1)
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