Vulnerability CVE-2009-2420
Published: 2009-07-09   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Apple Safari 3.2.3 does not properly implement the file: protocol handler, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (launch of multiple Windows Explorer instances) via vectors involving an unspecified HTML tag, possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-1703.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Apple Safari - Information disclosure
nruns
23.06.2009

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10
4.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
Partial
Affected software
Apple -> Safari 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504480/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35482
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