Apple Safari up to 4.0.5 cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple Safari up to 4.0.5 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving HTML document fragments.

The weakness was presented 06/11/2010 by Masahiro Yamada (TippingPoint) with Context Information Security (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-1394. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/15/2021). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 46837 (Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 5.0 / 4.1), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118090 (Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT4196)).

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 Tenable (46837). See 4138, 4177, 53588 and 53587 for similar entries.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

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Nessus ID: 46837
Nessus Name: Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 5.0 / 4.1
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OpenVAS ID: 801362
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities (June-10)
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: USN-1006-1
Researcher: Masahiro Yamada (TippingPoint)
Organization: Context Information Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-1394 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 26062 - Apple Safari < 5.0 WebKit Cross-Site Scripting Related to HTML Document Fragments, Medium
SecurityFocus: 40620 - RETIRED: Apple Safari Prior to 5.0 and 4.1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 40105

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/15/2021 09:40
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (59), 02/27/2017 09:52 (11), 09/15/2021 09:36 (6), 09/15/2021 09:40 (1)
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