National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1703
Original release date:06/10/2009
Last revised:02/17/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 does not prevent references to file: URLs within (1) audio and (2) video elements, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a crafted HTML document.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
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 disclosure of information
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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1522
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
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: BID
Name: 35333
External Source: BID
Name: 35260
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 43068
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35379
Type: Advisory; Exploit
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 55009
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2011:002
Technical Details
- Information Leak / Disclosure (CWE-200)