Apple Safari up to 3.0.4 Web Inspector cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Safari up to 3.0.4. Affected is an unknown function of the component Web Inspector. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-1004. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 3.0.4 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Web Inspector. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebCore, as used in Apple Safari before 3.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors related to the Web Inspector.

The bug was discovered 03/18/2008. The weakness was shared 03/18/2008 by Stanford University (Jack) with Stanford University (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1004 since 02/26/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 31604 (Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 3.1), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115753 (Apple Safari 3.1 Not Installed).

Upgrading to version 2.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41331), Tenable (31604), SecurityFocus (BID 28347†), OSVDB (43361†) and Secunia (SA29393†). The entries VDB-41586, VDB-41585, VDB-41584 and VDB-41583 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31604
Nessus Name: Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 3.1
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 2.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Stanford University (Jack)
Organization: Stanford University
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1004 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1004
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41579
X-Force: 41331
SecurityFocus: 28347 - Apple Safari Web Inspector Remote Code Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 29393 - Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 43361 - Apple Safari - Web Inspector Remote Code Injection Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019653
Vulnerability Center: 17959 - Apple Safari WebCore Allows Remote Attacker to XSS Attacks via Web Inspector Unknown Vectors, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0920

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Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/07/2019 11:58
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (73), 08/07/2019 11:58 (14)
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