PT-2010-2836 · Apple · Libfontparser+2

Published 2010-03-25 · Updated 2010-06-23 · CVE-2010-1120

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Safari version 4 on Apple Mac OS X 10.6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. It was demonstrated by Charlie Miller during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2010. The vulnerability is related to a remote code execution issue in the libFontParser component, specifically with SpecialEncoding.

Recommendations For Safari version 4 on Apple Mac OS X 10.6, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-1120

ZDI-10-076

Affected Products

Macos X

Safari

Libfontparser

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1120 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-076 · Security Note
• http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20001126-245.html · Note
• http://twitter.com/thezdi/statuses/11002504493 · Note
• http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2010/02/15/pwn2own-2010 · Note