Apple Safari up to 4.0.4 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 4.0.4. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-0049. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 4.0.4 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via HTML elements with right-to-left (RTL) text directionality.

The weakness was shared 03/11/2010 by Robert Swiecki (Basti) with Apple (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-0049 since 12/15/2009. 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.

After 4 months, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.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 47363 (Fedora 12 : qt-4.6.2-8.fc12 (2010-4518)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118282 (Fedora Update for qt (FEDORA-2010-8423)).

Upgrading to version 4.0.0b eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9722.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (33752), Tenable (47363), SecurityFocus (BID 38671†), OSVDB (62942†) and Secunia (SA41856†). The entries VDB-51883, VDB-51875, VDB-52174 and VDB-52173 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 47363
Nessus Name: Fedora 12 : qt-4.6.2-8.fc12 (2010-4518)
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OpenVAS ID: 800493
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Webkit Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 4.0.0b
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12/15/2009 🔍
03/11/2010 +86 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1611 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Researcher: Robert Swiecki (Basti)
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0049 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0049
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52169

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SecurityFocus: 38671 - RETIRED: Apple Safari Prior to 4.0.5 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 41856 - Ubuntu update for webkit, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 62942 - Apple Safari WebKit HTML Element RTL Text Directionality Use-after-free Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1023708
Vulnerability Center: 25058 - Apple Safari Remote Arbitrary Code Execution via HTML Elements With RTL Text Directionality, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-2722

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

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/07/2024 07:04
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (83), 04/23/2019 17:00 (15), 12/07/2024 07:04 (19)
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Cache ID: 216:D6F:103

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