Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2005-2522

Safari in WebKit in Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.4.2 directly accesses URLs within PDF files without the normal security checks, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via links in a PDF file.

EPSS: 0.043 (90.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-2522?
CVE-2005-2522 is a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X. Published 2005-08-19.
Is CVE-2005-2522 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.