7.1
CVSSv2

CVE-2009-1699

Published: 10/06/2009 Updated: 10/02/2024
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.1 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 715
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

The XSL stylesheet implementation in WebKit in Apple Safari prior to 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 up to and including 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 up to and including 2.2.1 does not properly handle XML external entities, which allows remote malicious users to read arbitrary files via a crafted DTD, as demonstrated by a file:///etc/passwd URL in an entity declaration, related to an "XXE attack."

Vulnerability Trend

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apple iphone os

apple safari

canonical ubuntu linux 9.04

canonical ubuntu linux 8.10

opensuse opensuse 11.2

opensuse opensuse 11.3

Vendor Advisories

It was discovered that QtWebKit did not properly handle certain SVGPathList data structures If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program (CVE-2009-0945) ...
Debian Bug report logs - #545793 CVE-2009-2700: QSslCertificate incorrect verification of SSL certificate with NUL in subjectAltName Package: qt4-x11; Maintainer for qt4-x11 is Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde@listsdebianorg>; Reported by: Giuseppe Iuculano <giuseppe@iuculanoit> Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 08:00 ...
Debian Bug report logs - #535793 webkit: deluge of security vulnerabilities Package: webkit; Maintainer for webkit is (unknown); Reported by: Michael S Gilbert <michaelsgilbert@gmailcom> Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 05:18:04 UTC Severity: grave Tags: fixed-upstream, security Found in version 101-4 Fixed in version 1121-1 ...

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/35321/info WebKit is prone to a remote information-disclosure vulnerability An attacker can exploit this issue to obtain sensitive information that may aid in further attacks NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 35260 (Apple Safari Prior to 40 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been ...