Unspecified vulnerability in Apple Safari 4 before 4.0.3 allows remote web servers to place an arbitrary web site in the Top Sites view, and possibly conduct phishing attacks, via unknown vectors.

The version of Safari installed on the remote host is earlier than 4.0.3.  Such versions are potentially affected by several issues : 

  - A buffer overflow exists in the handling of EXIF metadata could lead to a crash or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-2188)

  - A vulnerability in WebKit's parsing of floating point numbers may allow for remote code execution. (CVE-2009-2195)

  - A vulnerability in Safari may let a malicious website to be promoted in Safari's Top Sites. (CVE-2009-2196)

  - A vulnerability in how WebKit renders an URL with look alike characters could be used to masquerade a website. (CVE-2009-2199)

  - A vulnerability in WebKit may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information. (CVE-2009-2200)

  - A heap buffer overflow in CoreGraphics involving the drawing of long text strings could lead to a crash or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-2468)

The version of Safari installed on the remote Windows host is earlier than 4.0.3.  Such versions are potentially affected by several issues :

  - A buffer overflow exists in the handling of EXIF     metadata that ccould lead to a crash or arbitrary code     execution. (CVE-2009-2188)

  - A vulnerability in WebKit's parsing of floating point     numbers may allow for remote code execution.
    (CVE-2009-2195)

  - A vulnerability in Safari may allow a malicious website     to be promoted in Safari's Top Sites. (CVE-2009-2196)

  - A vulnerability in how WebKit renders an URL with look-     alike characters could be used to masquerade a website.
    (CVE-2009-2199)

  - A vulnerability in WebKit may lead to the disclosure of     sensitive information. (CVE-2009-2200)

  - A heap-based buffer overflow in CoreGraphics involving     the drawing of long text strings could lead to a crash     or arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-2468)

The version of Apple Safari installed on the remote Mac OS X host is earlier than 4.0.3.  As such, it is potentially affected by several issues :

  - A vulnerability in WebKit's parsing of floating point     numbers may allow for remote code execution.
    (CVE-2009-2195)

  - A vulnerability in Safari may allow a malicious website to     be promoted in Safari's Top Sites. (CVE-2009-2196)

  - A vulnerability in how WebKit renders a URL with look-     alike characters could be used to masquerade a website.
    (CVE-2009-2199)

  - A vulnerability in WebKit may lead to the disclosure of     sensitive information. (CVE-2009-2200)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
5125	Safari < 4.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Web Clients	medium
40554	Safari < 4.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
40553	Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 4.0.3	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2009-2196

high

Tenable Plugins

medium

high

high