Vulnerability in Apple Safari
CVE-2009-1708
Apple Safari before 4.0 does not prevent calls to the open-help-anchor URL handler by web sites, which allows remote attackers to open arbitrary local help files, and execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information, via a crafted call.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.054 (92.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.054 · newest: 0.054 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Safari — versions 0.8, 0.9, 1.0
References
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/35379 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/55011 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35351 (vdb-entry)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)