PT-2005-3421 · Apple · Webkit+2

Published 2005-08-19 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-2522

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Safari in Mac OS X versions 10.4 through 10.4.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via links in a PDF file, as Safari in WebKit directly accesses URLs within PDF files without the normal security checks.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions 10.4 through 10.4.2, update to a version that includes the necessary security checks to prevent arbitrary code execution.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2522

Affected Products

Macos X

Safari

Webkit

References · 5

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2522 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/420316 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.html · Note