CVE-2009-2200

high

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.3 does not properly restrict the URL scheme of the pluginspage attribute of an EMBED element, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to launch arbitrary file: URLs and obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML document.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00002.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/43068

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3733

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36024

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022720

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2009-08-12

Updated: 2011-02-17

Type: CWE-200

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Impact Score: 6.9

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: HIGH