CVE-2007-0478

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-0478
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-01-25 00:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionWebCore on Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.10, as used in Safari, does not properly parse HTML comments in TITLE elements, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and bypass some XSS protection schemes by embedding certain HTML tags within an HTML comment.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.3.9 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.10 All All All
Application Apple Safari All All All All
Application Apple Webcore All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mac OS X WebCore Bugs Permit Cross-Domain Scripting Attacks and Java Settings Bypass af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
APPLE-SA-2007-07-31 Security Update 2007-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Apple Mac OS X 2007-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Know Thyself » Blog Archive » BlogSpot.Com blogs unsafe for Safari users! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.beanfuzz.com
About Security Update 2007-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
osvdb.org/32712 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Safari HTML Parsing Weakness and URL Information Disclosure - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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