National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-1422
Original release date:06/11/2010
Last revised:03/18/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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 changes to keyboard focus that occur during processing of key press events, which allows remote attackers to force arbitrary key presses via a crafted HTML document.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
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
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2010-1373
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 40620
Type: Patch Information
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2010-06-07-1
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552255
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0552
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0212
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2010-2722
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2010-1512
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-1006-1
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2011:039
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4334
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4220
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4196
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1024067
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 43068
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 42314
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 41856
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 40196
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 40105
Type: Advisory
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7591
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2011:002
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2010-09-08-1
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2010-11-22-1
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2010-06-16-1
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7591
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5