National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0162
Original release date:05/13/2009
Last revised:05/16/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Safari before 3.2.3, and 4 Public Beta, on Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7 and Windows allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted feed: URL.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-133A
Name: TA09-133A
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-05-12
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-05-12
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-05-12
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: safari-feedurl-code-execution(50476)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1298
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1297
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022206
External Source: BID
Name: 34925
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3550
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35074
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35056