Apple Safari up to 4.0.4 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 4.0.4. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0041. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apple Safari up to 4.0.4 (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects 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. CVE summarizes:

ImageIO in Apple Safari before 4.0.5 and iTunes before 9.1 on Windows does not ensure that memory access is associated with initialized memory, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted BMP image.

The weakness was released 03/15/2010 by j00ru with Hispasec (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-0041. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45390 (Apple iTunes < 9.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (credentialed check)), 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 117434 (Apple iTunes Code Execution and Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2010-03-30-2)).

Upgrading to version 4.0.0b eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (45390), SecurityFocus (BID 38676†), SecurityTracker (ID 1023706†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25066†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-52498, VDB-52497, VDB-52158 and VDB-52157. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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: 45390
Nessus Name: Apple iTunes < 9.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (credentialed check)
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OpenVAS ID: 800493
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Webkit Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 4.0.0b

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03/11/2010 +86 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: j00ru
Organization: Hispasec
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0041 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0041
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52156

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SecurityFocus: 38676 - Apple Safari BMP Image Uninitialized Memory Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1023706
Vulnerability Center: 25066 - Apple Safari Prior t0 4.0.5 ImageIO Information Disclosure Vulnerability via a Crafted BMP Image, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/03/2025 04:45
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (60), 02/22/2017 10:37 (11), 09/05/2021 09:51 (4), 09/05/2021 09:55 (1), 02/03/2025 04:45 (17)
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