Apple Safari up to 4.0 Beta document information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple Safari (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects the function document. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The XSLT functionality in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 does not properly implement the document function, which allows remote attackers to read (1) arbitrary local files and (2) files from different security zones via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 06/08/2009. The weakness was presented 06/08/2009 by Tavis Ormandy (Shadow) with Microsoft Vulnerability Research as HT3613 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-1713 since 05/20/2009. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. 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 and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175067 (Debian Security Update for Qt4-x11 (DSA-1988)).

Upgrading to version 3.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 9 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51267) and Tenable (44852). See 30600, 43510, 43183 and 45184 for similar entries.

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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: 800814
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities June-09 (Win) - I
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Upgrade: Safari 3.1.2

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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT3613
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy (Shadow)
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
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CVE: CVE-2009-1713 (🔍)
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X-Force: 51267
Vulnerability Center: 22610 - Apple Safari < 4.0 WebKit XSLT Functionality Remote File Disclosure, Medium
SecurityFocus: 35260 - RETIRED: Apple Safari Prior to 4.0 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35379
OSVDB: 54975 - Apple Safari WebKit XSLT document() Function Information Disclosure
Vupen: ADV-2009-1522

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/06/2019 12:46
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (88), 09/06/2019 12:46 (6)
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