PT-2008-2608 · Apple · Safari

Adam Barth + 1 · Published 2008-03-19 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-1006

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Safari versions prior to 3.1

Description A cross-site scripting issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This is achieved by using the window.open function to change the security context of a web page.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.1, update to version 3.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the window.open function to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1006

Affected Products

Safari

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1006 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00000.html · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41326 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28332 · Note
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307563 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28290 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0920/references · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29393 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019653 · Note