National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1060

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in Apple Safari on Mac OS X 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors triggered by clicking on a link, as demonstrated by Charlie Miller during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: XF

Name: apple-safari-unspecified-code-execution1(49463)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49463

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021879

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021879

External Source: BID

Name: 34179

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34179

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9129978

Hyperlink:http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9129978

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 52888

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/52888

External Source: MISC

Name: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html

Hyperlink:http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits

Hyperlink:http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits

External Source: MISC

Name: http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009

Hyperlink:http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009

External Source: MISC

Name: http://cansecwest.com/index.html

Hyperlink:http://cansecwest.com/index.html