Vulnerability CVE-2011-1774
Published: 2011-07-21   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.0.6 has improper libxslt security settings, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a crafted web site. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2011-1425.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Apple Safari Webkit libxslt Arbitrary File Creation
metasploit
29.10.2011

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
8.8/10
9.2/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Apple -> Safari 
Apple -> Webkit 

 References:
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jul/msg00002.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4981
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4808
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8481
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00000.html
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