PT-2015-2127 · Apple · Safari

Keita Haga · Published 2015-09-18 · Updated 2016-12-22 · CVE-2015-5905

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Safari versions prior to 9

Description The issue is related to errors in security settings, allowing a remote attacker to exploit it and potentially spoof the relationship between URLs and web content. This can be achieved via a crafted window opener on a web site, enabling the attacker to substitute the content of web pages.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9, update to version 9 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the window opener feature on web sites until the update is applied.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-11473

CVE-2015-5905

Affected Products

Safari

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5905 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-11473 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT205212 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033609 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/76764 · Note