Apple Safari up to 4.0 Beta credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2009-1682. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Apple Safari before 4.0 does not properly check for revoked Extended Validation (EV) certificates, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into accepting an invalid certificate.

The bug was discovered 06/08/2009. The weakness was published 06/08/2009 by Tavis Ormandy (Shadow) with Microsoft Vulnerability Research (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-1682 since 05/20/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1552.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. 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 1.3 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 Tenable (39338), SecurityFocus (BID 35260†), OSVDB (54982†), Secunia (SA35379†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022346†). Similar entries are available at VDB-30600, VDB-43511, VDB-43510 and VDB-43183. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
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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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OpenVAS ID: 800815
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities June-09 (Win) - II
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 1.3

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy (Shadow)
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1682 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1682
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48500
SecurityFocus: 35260 - RETIRED: Apple Safari Prior to 4.0 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35379
OSVDB: 54982 - Apple Safari Extended Validation (EV) Certificate Revocation Check Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1022346
Vulnerability Center: 22572 - Apple Safari < 4.0 Revoked Extended Validation Certificates Not Properly Checked, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1522

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

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/06/2019 09:47
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (80), 09/06/2019 09:47 (10)
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