National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0169

Overview

WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0.4, when the Web Inspector is used, does not properly handle the window.console._inspectorCommandLineAPI property, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: XF

Name: safari-commandlineapi-xss(66006)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/66006

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025183

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025183

External Source: BID

Name: 46809

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46809

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-03-09-2

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html