Apple Safari up to 5.0.2 Access Restriction process access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Safari up to 5.0.2 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is the function WebCore::HTMLLinkElement::process of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

The WebCore::HTMLLinkElement::process function in WebCore/html/HTMLLinkElement.cpp in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 5.0.3 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1.3 on Mac OS X 10.4; webkitgtk before 1.2.6; and possibly other products does not verify whether DNS prefetching is enabled when processing an HTML LINK element, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, as demonstrated by an HTML e-mail message that uses a LINK element for X-Confirm-Reading-To functionality.

The weakness was shared 11/22/2010 as HT4455 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-3813. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/05/2021). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51444 (Fedora 13 : webkitgtk-1.2.6-1.fc13 (2011-0121)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118741 (Apple Safari Prior to 5.0.3 and 4.1.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities).

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 (51444). The entries 55524, 55523, 55522 and 55521 are related to this item.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

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Nessus ID: 51444
Nessus Name: Fedora 13 : webkitgtk-1.2.6-1.fc13 (2011-0121)
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OpenVAS ID: 68823
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: webkit-gtk2
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT4455
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-3813 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 28353 - Apple Safari Allows Remote Bypass of the DNS prefetching settings via an HTML LINK Element, Medium
SecurityFocus: 44954 - WebKit HTML 'Link' DNS Pre-Fetching Security Bypass Vulnerability
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Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 10/05/2021 14:26
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (63), 03/10/2017 10:20 (8), 10/05/2021 14:23 (5), 10/05/2021 14:26 (1)
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