CVE-2007-2401

Summary

CVECVE-2007-2401
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-06-25 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionCRLF injection vulnerability in WebCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9, 10.4.9 and later, and iPhone before 1.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via LF characters in an XMLHttpRequest request, which are not filtered when serializing headers via the setRequestHeader function. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

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 Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.3.9 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.9 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.3.9 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.4.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About Security Update 2007-006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Apple iPhone Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mac OS X WebKit and WebCore Bugs Permit Cross-Domain Scripting Attacks and Remote Code Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-07-0002.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.westpoint.ltd.uk Patch, Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/36449 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
APPLE-SA-2007-06-22 Security Update 2007-006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Patch
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#845708 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update for Two Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Apple WebCore XMLHTTPRequest Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
About the security content of iPhone v1.0.1 Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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