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.

The version of Safari installed on the remote Windows host is earlier than 4.0.  It therefore is potentially affected by numerous issues in the following components :

  - CFNetwork
  - CoreGraphics
  - ImageIO
  - International Components for Unicode
  - libxml
  - Safari
  - Safari Windows Installer
  - WebKit

The version of Apple Safari installed on the remote Mac OS X host is earlier than 4.0.  As such, it is potentially affected by numerous issues in the following components :

  - CFNetwork
  - libxml
  - Safari
  - WebKit

The version of Safari installed on the remote host is earlier than 4.0. Such versions are potentially affected by numerous issues in the following components : 

  - CFNetwork

  - CoreGraphics

  - ImageIO

  - International Components for Unicode

  - libxml

  - Safari

  - Safari Windows Installer

  - WebKit



ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
39339	Safari < 4.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
39338	Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 4.0	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
5046	Safari < 4.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	high

Detections

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CVE-2009-1708

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Tenable Plugins

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