ID

VAR-201203-0103

CVE

CVE-2012-0640

TITLE

Apple Safari of WebKit User-tracked vulnerability

DESCRIPTION

WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.1.4 does not properly implement "From third parties and advertisers" cookie blocking, which makes it easier for remote web servers to track users via a cookie. WebKit is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability. This issue occurs when private browsing mode is enabled. Attackers can exploit this issue to bypass security restrictions. Apple Apple Safari is a web browser developed by Apple (Apple), and is the default browser included with Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Become a PSI 3.0 beta tester! Test-drive the new beta version and tell us what you think about its extended automatic update function and significantly enhanced user-interface. Download it here! http://secunia.com/psi_30_beta_launch ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA48377 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/48377/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=48377 RELEASE DATE: 2012-03-13 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/48377/#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/48377/ 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=48377 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: Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple Safari, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting and spoofing attacks, bypass certain security restrictions, disclose certain sensitive information, and compromise a user's system. For more information: SA45698 SA46049 SA46308 SA46594 SA46815 SA47231 SA47694 1) An error within the International Domain Name (IDN) support feature can be exploited to spoof a URL containing look-alike characters and trick a user into visiting a malicious website. 2) The Private Browsing feature does not properly prevent recording of visits to certain sites implementing the pushState or replaceState JavaScript methods. 3) Multiple errors in the WebKit component can be exploited to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. 4) An error within the WebKit component when handling drag-and-drop actions can be exploited to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. 5) Multiple errors within the WebKit component can be exploited to corrupt memory. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of arbitrary code. 6) An error within the cookie policy does not enforce the "Block Cookies" preference properly and can be exploited to set cookies from third-party sites. 7) An error in the WebKit component when handling redirects during HTTP Authentication can be exploited to disclose the credentials to another site. This may be related to: SA40110 SOLUTION: Update to version 5.1.4. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: 5) Reported by the vendor. The vendor also credits miaubiz, Martin Barbella, Alexander Gavrun via ZDI, Lei Zhang of the Chromium development community, Adam Klein of the Chromium development community, Abhishek Arya (Inferno) of Google Chrome Security Team, Sergey Glazunov, Dmytro Gorbunov of SaveSources.com, Marshall Greenblatt, Dharani Govindan of Google Chrome, Aki Helin of OUSPG, Dave Levin, Slawomir Blazek, Sergio Villar Senin of Igalia, Cris Neckar of the Google Chrome Security Team, Julien Chaffraix of the Chromium development community, and Jeremy Apthorp of Google. The vendor credits: 1) Matt Cooley, Symantec 2) Eric Melville, American Express 3) Sergey Glazunov, Jochen Eisinger of Google Chrome Security Team, and Alan Austin of polyvore.com 4) Adam Barth, Google Chrome Security Team 6) nshah 7) An anonymous person ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5190 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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THREAT TYPE

remote

TYPE

information disclosure

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CREDITS

nshah

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LAST UPDATE DATE

2025-04-11T21:31:41.657000+00:00

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