CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
76.4%
A vulnerability in the way Apple Mac OS X handles specially crafted URLs may allow an attacker to execute script in the context of another site…
According to Apple Safari 3.1.1:
An issue exists in WebKit’s handling of URLs containing a colon character in the host name. Opening a maliciously crafted URL may lead to a cross-site scripting attack. This update addresses the issue through improved handling of URLs.
Note that this issue affects Safari for both Windows XP or Vista and Mac OS X.
This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute script in the context of another site.
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Apple has released an update to address this vulnerability. Refer to Apple Safari 3.1.1.
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Updated: April 18, 2008
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The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Refer to Apple Safari 3.1.1.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23705529 Feedback>).
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<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1467>
This issue is adressed in Apple Safari 3.1.1. Apple credits Robert Swiecki of the Google Security Team, and David Bloom for reporting this issue.
This document was written by Chris Taschner.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2008-1025 |
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Severity Metric: | 9.90 Date Public: |