Apple Safari up to 4.0 Beta memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple Safari. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-1708. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Apple Safari before 4.0 does not prevent calls to the open-help-anchor URL handler by web sites, which allows remote attackers to open arbitrary local help files, and execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information, via a crafted call.

The bug was discovered 06/08/2009. The weakness was presented 06/08/2009 by Tavis Ormandy (Shadow) with Microsoft Vulnerability Research (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-1708 since 05/20/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $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 (55011†), Secunia (SA35379†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022345†). See VDB-30600, VDB-43511, VDB-43510 and VDB-43183 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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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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: 800814
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities June-09 (Win) - I
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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-2009-1708 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-1708
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48533
SecurityFocus: 35260 - RETIRED: Apple Safari Prior to 4.0 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35379
OSVDB: 55011 - Apple Safari open-help-anchor URL Handler Arbitrary Local Help File Inclusion
SecurityTracker: 1022345
Vulnerability Center: 22579 - Apple Safari < 4.0 Allows Insecure Open-Help-Anchor URL Handler Calls, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1522

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/06/2019 10:14
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (80), 09/06/2019 10:14 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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