Apple Safari up to 1.3.2 Address Bar input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Address Bar. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-1588. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple Safari (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Address Bar. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Safari on Apple iPhone before 2.0 and iPod touch before 2.0 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via Unicode ideographic spaces in the URL.

The bug was discovered 07/11/2008. The weakness was presented 07/14/2008 by Hiromitsu Takagi (TippingPoint) with Zero Day Initiative (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1588 since 03/31/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 39338 (Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 4.0), 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 116453 (Apple Safari 4.0 Not Installed).

Upgrading to version 2.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 12 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43732), Tenable (39338), SecurityFocus (BID 30186†), OSVDB (47286†) and Secunia (SA35379†). See VDB-30600, VDB-43510, VDB-43189 and VDB-43187 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 39338
Nessus Name: Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 4.0
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 2.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Researcher: Hiromitsu Takagi (TippingPoint)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1588 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1588
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43183
X-Force: 43732
SecurityFocus: 30186 - Apple iPhone and iPod Touch Prior to Version 2.0 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35379 - Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 47286 - CVE-2008-1588 - Apple - Safari - Spoofing Issue
Vulnerability Center: 20066 - Apple Safari on iPhone < 2.0 or iPod Touch < 2.0 Remote Address Bar Spoofing, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2094

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

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 04/13/2025 00:07
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (82), 08/21/2019 09:33 (4), 04/13/2025 00:07 (21)
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Cache ID: 216:2EF:103

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