CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
55.1%
Apple Safari web browser is prone to a security bypass vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:apple:safari";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802237");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:39+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:39 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-08-18 14:57:45 +0200 (Thu, 18 Aug 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-7296");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Apple Safari Secure Cookie Security Bypass Vulnerability - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://michael-coates.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookie-forcing-trust-your-cookies-no.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49136");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-less-obvious-benefits-of-hsts.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_apple_safari_detect_win_900003.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("AppleSafari/Version");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to overwrite or
delete arbitrary cookies by sending a specially crafted HTTP response
through a man-in-the-middle attack.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apple Safari versions 5.1 and prior.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to lack of the HTTP Strict Transport Security
(HSTS) includeSubDomains feature, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers
to overwrite or delete arbitrary cookies via a Set-Cookie header in an HTTP
response.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apple Safari web browser is prone to a security bypass vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less_equal(version:vers, test_version:"5.34.50.0")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"None", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);