Apple Safari up to 4.0.5 resource management

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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Safari up to 4.0.5 (Web Browser) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free 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 execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via an SVG document that contains recursive Use elements, which are not properly handled during page deconstruction.

The weakness was presented 06/11/2010 by Masahiro Yamada (TippingPoint) with Context Information Security (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-1404. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 09/15/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 47037 (Apple iTunes < 9.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (credentialed check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118109 (Apple iTunes Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT4220)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10148.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (47037), SecurityFocus (BID 40620†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26163†). See VDB-4138, VDB-4132, VDB-4177 and VDB-53714 for similar entries.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 47037
Nessus Name: Apple iTunes < 9.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (credentialed check)
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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-2010-1404 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 40620 - RETIRED: Apple Safari Prior to 5.0 and 4.1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 40105
Vulnerability Center: 26163 - Apple Safari Prior to 5.0 Webkit Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via an SVG Document, Critical

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22 PM
Updated: 09/15/2021 10:50 AM
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 PM (60), 02/28/2017 11:15 AM (11), 09/15/2021 10:45 AM (6), 09/15/2021 10:50 AM (1)
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