Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-0389. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Syndication (Safari RSS) in Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript via unspecified vectors involving RSS feeds.

The bug was discovered 03/01/2006. The weakness was released 02/28/2006 by Ilja van Sprundel (iDefense) with iDEFENSE (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-0389 since 01/24/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20990 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-001)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115334 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-03-01)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25040), Tenable (20990), SecurityFocus (BID 16907†), OSVDB (23649†) and Secunia (SA19064†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-1918, VDB-26962, VDB-26742 and VDB-26741. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 20990
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-001)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Ilja van Sprundel (iDefense)
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-0389 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0389
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28991
X-Force: 25040
SecurityFocus: 16907 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-001 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19064
OSVDB: 23649 - Apple Mac OS X Syndication RSS Feed XSS
Vulnerability Center: 10608 - Mac OS X Safari RSS Syndication XSS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-0791

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/29/2025 05:34
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (73), 06/15/2019 10:25 (6), 06/29/2025 05:34 (20)
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