Apple Safari up to 3.1.2 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Safari. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-4216. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apple Safari (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The plug-in interface in WebKit in Apple Safari before 3.2 does not prevent plug-ins from accessing local URLs, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors that "launch local files."

The bug was discovered 11/13/2008. The weakness was disclosed 11/17/2008 by Nitesh Dhanjani with Microsoft (Website). The advisory is shared at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-4216 since 09/24/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

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 (46597), Tenable (34773), SecurityFocus (BID 32291†), OSVDB (49941†) and Secunia (SA32706†). The entries VDB-1816, VDB-43189, VDB-43187 and VDB-45036 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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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: securitytracker.com⛔
Researcher: Nitesh Dhanjani
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4216 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4216
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45037
X-Force: 46597
SecurityFocus: 32291 - Apple Safari Prior to 3.2 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32706 - Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 49941 - CVE-2008-4216 - Apple - Safari - Information Disclosure Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021227
Vulnerability Center: 20026 - Apple Safari < 3.2 Webkit Component Vulnerability Allows Code Execution and Information Disclosure, Medium

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/21/2019 06:43
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (78), 08/21/2019 06:43 (7)
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