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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1689

Original release date:06/10/2009
Last revised:02/17/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving submission of a form to the about:blank URL, leading to security-context replacement.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification

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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1522
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 35260
Type: Patch Information; Exploit
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0212
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1621
External Source: BID
Name: 35332
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022344
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 43068
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35379
Type: Advisory
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 54988
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2011:002
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-06-17-1

Vulnerable software and versions

Nav control imageConfiguration 1
line trunkNav control imageOR
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.0:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.0.3:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.0.4:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.1.1:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.1:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.1.2:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:0.8:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:1.0:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:1.0.3:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:1.1:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:1.2:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:1.3:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:1.3.1:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:1.3.2:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:2.0:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:2.0.2:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:2.0.4:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.2.1:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.2.3:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:4.0_beta:-:mac and previous versions
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.0.2:-:mac
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:0.9:-:mac
Nav control imageConfiguration 2
spacerNav control imageOR
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.0.2:-:windows
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.0:-:windows
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.0.1:-:windows
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.0.3:-:windows
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.0.4:-:windows
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.1:-:windows
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.1.1:-:windows
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.1.2:-:windows
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.2:-:windows
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.2.1:-:windows
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.2.2:-:windows
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:apple:safari:3.2.3:-:windows and previous versions
* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)