Apple Safari up to 4.0 Beta Event resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple Safari. This affects an unknown function of the component Event Handler. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2009-1690. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari (Web Browser). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown code of the component Event Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1, Google Chrome 1.0.154.53, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) by setting an unspecified property of an HTML tag that causes child elements to be freed and later accessed when an HTML error occurs, related to "recursion in certain DOM event handlers."

The weakness was disclosed 06/08/2009 by Tavis Ormandy (Shadow) with Microsoft Vulnerability Research (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-1690 since 05/20/2009. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/11/2021).

The exploit is shared for download 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 39356 (Google Chrome < 2.0.172.31 WebKit Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155870 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for kdelibs (ELSA-2009-1127)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (51040), Tenable (39356), SecurityFocus (BID 35260†), OSVDB (54990†) and Secunia (SA35379†). The entries VDB-30600, VDB-43510, VDB-43183 and VDB-45184 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 39356
Nessus Name: Google Chrome < 2.0.172.31 WebKit Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 64750
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1867-1 (kdelibs)
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03/17/2015 +77 days 🔍
08/11/2021 +2339 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy (Shadow)
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1690 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1690
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48507

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X-Force: 51040
SecurityFocus: 35260 - RETIRED: Apple Safari Prior to 4.0 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35379 - Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 54990 - Apple Safari WebKit DOM Error Event Recursion Handling Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1022345 - Apple Safari Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 47864 - Apple Safari < 4.0 and Google Chrome 1.0.154.53 WebKit Use After Free Vulnerability, High
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: 08/11/2021 14:39
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (75), 06/17/2017 07:23 (16), 08/11/2021 14:39 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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