CVE-2009-1699
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · XML external entity (XXE)
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
The XSL stylesheet implementation 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 does not properly handle XML external entities, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DTD, as demonstrated by a file:///etc/passwd URL in an entity declaration, related to an "XXE attack."
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)29%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://osvdb.org/54972
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-006.htmlExploit
- http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/06/apples-safari-4-fixes-local-file-theft.htmlExploit