Apple Safari up to 4.0.5 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Apple Safari up to 4.0.5. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2010-2264. There is no available exploit.

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 an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in 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, does not properly handle the :visited pseudo-class, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web pages via a crafted HTML document.

The weakness was presented 06/11/2010 by Masahiro Yamada (TippingPoint) with Context Information Security (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2264 since 06/11/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/26/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 47751 (FreeBSD : webkit-gtk2 -- Multiple vulnerabilities (19419b3b-92bd-11df-b140-0015f2db7bde)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165174 (SUSE Security Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2011:002)).

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 (47751), SecurityFocus (BID 40620†), Secunia (SA40105†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024067†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27190†). See VDB-4138, VDB-4177, VDB-53762 and VDB-53587 for similar entries. 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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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 47751
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : webkit-gtk2 -- Multiple vulnerabilities (19419b3b-92bd-11df-b140-0015f2db7bde)
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OpenVAS ID: 67711
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: webkit-gtk2
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: USN-1006-1⛔
Researcher: Masahiro Yamada (TippingPoint)
Organization: Context Information Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2264 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2264
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53588

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SecurityFocus: 40620 - RETIRED: Apple Safari Prior to 5.0 and 4.1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 40105 - Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1024067 - Apple Safari Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code or Access Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 27190 - WebKit in Apple Safari Prior to 5.0 Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-1373

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/26/2025 06:00
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (60), 03/04/2017 19:06 (21), 09/15/2021 15:11 (3), 09/15/2021 15:17 (1), 05/26/2025 06:00 (16)
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