ID

VAR-201110-0334

CVE

CVE-2011-3230

TITLE

Mac OS X Work on Apple Safari Vulnerable to arbitrary code execution

DESCRIPTION

Apple Safari before 5.1.1 on Mac OS X does not enforce an intended policy for file: URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site. Safari is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected application. Versions prior to Safari 5.1.1 are vulnerable. NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 50089(Apple Safari Prior to 5.1.1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities) but has been given its own record to better document it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ovum says ad hoc tools are out-dated. The best practice approach? Fast vulnerability intelligence, threat handling, and setup in one tool. Read the new report on the Secunia VIM: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/vim/ovum_2011_request/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA46412 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/46412/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=46412 RELEASE DATE: 2011-10-14 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/46412/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/46412/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=46412 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: A weakness and multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple Safari, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, disclose potentially sensitive information, and compromise a user's system. 1) An input sanitation error within the handling of "safari-extension://" URLs can be exploited to e.g. 2) A policy error within the handling of "file://" URLs can be exploited to execute arbitrary local applications. Note: This vulnerability does not affect the Windows platform. 3) An error within the handling of SSL certificates can be exploited to trigger an access of uninitialised memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. Note: This vulnerability does not affect OS X Lion or the Windows platform. 4) Multiple vulnerabilities in WebKit can be exploited by malicious people to cause a crash or compromise a user's system. For more information: SA44375 SA45097 SA45498 SA46049 SA46171 SA46339 5) An error exists within the handling of the beforeload event. For more information see vulnerability #22 in: SA45498 6) An error exists within the handling of the window.open method. For more information see vulnerability #28 in: SA45498 7) An error exists within the handling of the document.documentURI property. For more information see vulnerability #29 in: SA45498 8) A cross-origin error exists within the handling of inactive DOM windows, which can be exploited to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. 9) A logic error within the handling of cookies in the Private Browsing mode can lead to cookies being stored although the "Block cookies" option is set to "Always". Note: This does not affect the Windows platform. SOLUTION: Update to version 5.1.1. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: 1, 2) Aaron Sigel The vendor credits: 3) Jason Broccardo, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 8) Sergey Glazunov 9) John Adamczyk The vendor provides a bundled list of credits for vulnerabilities in #4: * Jose A. Vazquez, spa-s3c.blogspot.com * Abhishek Arya (Inferno), Google Chrome Security Team * Cris Neckar, Google Chrome Security Team * miaubiz * Adam Barth and Abhishek Arya, Google Chrome Security Team * Mikolaj Malecki, Samsung * SkyLined, Google Chrome Security Team * Martin Barbella * Raman Tenneti and Philip Rogers, Google * Aki Helin, OUSPG * Sadrul Habib Chowdhury, Chromium development community * Dimitri Glazkov, Kent Tamura, and Dominic Cooney, Chromium development community * Slawomir Blazek * Apple ORIGINAL ADVISORY: Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5000 Aaron Sigel: http://vttynotes.blogspot.com/2011/10/cve-2011-3230-launch-any-file-path-from.html http://vttynotes.blogspot.com/2011/10/cve-2011-3229-steal-files-and-inject-js.html OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. 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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

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THREAT TYPE

remote

TYPE

permissions and access control

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REFERENCES

CREDITS

Aaron Sigel of vtty.com

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LAST UPDATE DATE

2025-04-11T20:18:29.844000+00:00

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