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Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities - Sep10

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

13 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The host is installed with Apple Safari web browser and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

The flaws are due to - An use-after-free vulnerability in the application, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via 'run-in' styling in an element, related to object pointers. - An untrusted search path vulnerability on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse 'explorer.exe'. - An error exists in the handling of 'WebKit', which does not properly validate floating-point data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary cod via a crafted HTML document.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Apple Safari 5.x before 5.0.2 on Windows

Solution

Solution

Upgrade Apple Safari 5.0.2 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)