Apple Safari up to 3.1.2 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Apple Safari. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-3644. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Safari (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Apple Safari before 3.2 does not properly prevent caching of form data for form fields that have autocomplete disabled, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the browser s page cache.

The bug was discovered 11/13/2008. The weakness was released 11/17/2008 by Nitesh Dhanjani with Microsoft (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-3644 since 08/12/2008. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34773 (Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 3.2), 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 116046 (Apple Safari Prior to 3.2.0 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2008-11-13)).

Upgrading to version 2.0 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 X-Force (46596), Tenable (34773), SecurityFocus (BID 32291†), OSVDB (49940†) and Secunia (SA32706†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-1816, VDB-43189, VDB-43187 and VDB-45186. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.0
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 34773
Nessus Name: Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 3.2
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 2.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Nitesh Dhanjani
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3644 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3644
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45036
X-Force: 46596
SecurityFocus: 32291 - Apple Safari Prior to 3.2 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32706 - Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 49940 - CVE-2008-3644 - Apple - Safari - Information Disclosure Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021226
Vulnerability Center: 20025 - Apple Safari < 3.2 Autocomplete Vulnerability Allows Local Information Disclosure, Low
Vupen: ADV-2008-3232

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/21/2019 06:39
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (81), 08/21/2019 06:39 (4)
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