PT-2011-2151 · Apple · Safari

Published 2011-03-11 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2011-0169

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Safari versions prior to 5.0.4

Description The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted web site, when the Web Inspector is used. This is due to improper handling of the window.console. inspectorCommandLineAPI property.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.0.4, update to version 5.0.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the Web Inspector until a patch is available. Restrict access to potentially malicious web sites to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-0169

Affected Products

Safari

References · 9

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4566 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0169 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-0169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-0169 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0169 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66006 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/46809 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025183 · Note