PT-2010-3414 · Apple · Safari+1

Billy Rios · Published 2010-07-30 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2010-1778

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 5.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows Apple Safari versions prior to 4.1.1 on Mac OS X 10.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an RSS feed, which is a type of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This occurs when an application takes untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or escaping, allowing an attacker to inject malicious scripts.

Recommendations For Apple Safari versions prior to 5.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, update to version 5.0.1 or later. For Apple Safari versions prior to 4.1.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, update to version 4.1.1 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-1778

Affected Products

Macos X

Safari

References · 5

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jul/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4276 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1778 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/42020 · Patch
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11639 · Note