Apple Safari up to 10.x WebKit cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 10.x. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component WebKit. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-7089. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 10.x (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity.

The bug was discovered 09/19/2017. The weakness was released 09/20/2017 by Oliver Paukstadt with detectify as HT208116 as confirmed security update (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The public release was coordinated with Apple. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-7089 since 03/17/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108703 (FreeBSD : webkit2-gtk3 -- multiple vulnerabilities (1ce95bc7-3278-11e8-b527-00012e582166) (Spectre)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370569 (Apple Safari 11 Not Installed).

Upgrading to version 11 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (45866), Tenable (108703), SecurityFocus (BID 100893†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039384†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-102678, VDB-107049, VDB-107050 and VDB-107065. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 108703
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : webkit2-gtk3 -- multiple vulnerabilities (1ce95bc7-3278-11e8-b527-00012e582166) (Spectre)
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OpenVAS ID: 802225
OpenVAS Name: Apple iCloud Security Updates(HT208142)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 11
Suricata ID: 2024995
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208116
Researcher: Oliver Paukstadt
Organization: detectify
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7089 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7089
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-107051
SecurityFocus: 100893 - WebKit Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039384

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/25/2017 09:11
Updated: 06/22/2025 18:43
Changes: 09/25/2017 09:11 (72), 11/19/2019 08:37 (24), 01/14/2021 09:04 (2), 06/22/2025 18:43 (15)
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