High severity · published Jun 10, 2009
CVE-2009-1699
The XSL stylesheet implementation in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not properly handle XML…
7.5
CVSS
29.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The XSL stylesheet implementation in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not properly handle XML external entities, which allows remote attackers 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."
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)29.1% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
1.0.0 through 2.2.1 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
11.2; 11.3 · source: NVD
SA
Safari · Apple
before 4.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
8.10; 9.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1699
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1699
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/54972
Exploit
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-006.html
Exploit
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/06/apples-safari-4-fixes-local-file-theft.html
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