Apple Safari up to 4.0 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Apple Safari. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-0162. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Safari before 3.2.3, and 4 Public Beta, on Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7 and Windows allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted feed: URL.

The bug was discovered 05/12/2009. The weakness was presented 05/13/2009 by Billy Rios with Microsoft Vulnerability Research (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0162 since 01/16/2009. 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. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed in XML. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38744 (Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 116424 (Apple Safari 3.2.3 Not Installed).

Upgrading to version 1.0.0b1 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 (50476), Exploit-DB (32994), Tenable (38744), SecurityFocus (BID 34925†) and OSVDB (54454†). See VDB-3976, VDB-3977, VDB-3978 and VDB-23858 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 38744
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102035
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 1.0.0b1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Billy Rios
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0162 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0162
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48173
X-Force: 50476
SecurityFocus: 34925 - Apple Safari 'feed:' URI Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35056 - Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 54454 - Apple - Safari - 'feed-' URI Multiple Input Validation Issues
SecurityTracker: 1022206
Vulnerability Center: 22036 - Apple Safari < 3.2.3 and 4 Public Beta Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1297

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

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 01/05/2025 06:15
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (89), 09/03/2019 19:01 (4), 01/05/2025 06:15 (17)
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