Apple Safari up to 4.0.5 cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 4.0.5. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2010-1413. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Safari up to 4.0.5 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, sends NTLM credentials in cleartext in unspecified circumstances, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 06/11/2010 by Masahiro Yamada (TippingPoint) with Context Information Security (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-1413. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/13/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 46837 (Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 5.0 / 4.1), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118090 (Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities (HT4196)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10148.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (46837), SecurityFocus (BID 40620†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26204†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4138, VDB-4177, VDB-53588 and VDB-53587. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 46837
Nessus Name: Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 5.0 / 4.1
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OpenVAS ID: 801362
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities (June-10)
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/15/2010 🔍
06/07/2010 +53 days 🔍
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06/11/2010 +4 days 🔍
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06/29/2010 +18 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1724 days 🔍
04/13/2025 +3677 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Masahiro Yamada (TippingPoint)
Organization: Context Information Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-1413 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1413
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53570

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SecurityFocus: 40620 - RETIRED: Apple Safari Prior to 5.0 and 4.1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 40105
Vulnerability Center: 26204 - Apple Safari before 5.0 WebKit NTLM Credentials Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 04/13/2025 00:07
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (58), 02/28/2017 11:17 (11), 09/15/2021 12:21 (5), 09/15/2021 12:28 (1), 04/13/2025 00:07 (16)
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