Apple Safari 'file://' Protocol Handler Information Disclosure and Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:35482

Info

Apple Safari 'file://' Protocol Handler Information Disclosure and Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 35482
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2009-2420
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 23 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 20 2009 10:16PM
Credit: Alexios Fakos of n.runs AG
Vulnerable: Apple Safari For Windows 3.2.1
Apple Safari 3.2.3 for Windows
Apple Safari 3.2.3
Apple Safari 3.2.2 for Windows
Apple Safari 3.1.2 for Windows
Apple Safari 3.1.2
Apple Safari 3.1.1 for Windows
Apple Safari 3.1.1
Apple Safari 3.0.4 Beta for Windows
Apple Safari 3.0.3 Beta for Windows
Apple Safari 3.0.3 Beta
Apple Safari 3.0.2 Beta for Windows
Apple Safari 3.0.2 Beta
Apple Safari 3.0.1 Beta for Windows
Apple Safari 3.0.1 Beta
Apple Safari 2.0.4
Apple Safari 2.0.3
Apple Safari 2.0.2
Apple Safari 2.0.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.4
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.2
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.1
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4
Apple Safari 1.3.2
Apple Safari 1.3.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9
Apple Safari 1.3
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9
Apple Safari 1.2.3
Apple Safari 1.2.2
Apple Safari 1.2.1
Apple Safari 1.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.7
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.7
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.6
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.6
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.5
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.5
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.3
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.3
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.3
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.7
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.7
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.6
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.6
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.7
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.6
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.6
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.5
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.5
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.4
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.4
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.3
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.3
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.7
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.7
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2
Apple Safari 1.1
Apple Safari 1.0
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.7
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.7
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.6
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.6
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2
+ Apple Mac OS X 10.2
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.7
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.7
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2
+ Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2
Apple Safari Beta 2
Apple Safari 4 Beta
Apple Safari 4 Beta
Apple Safari 3.2
Apple Safari 3.1 for Windows
Apple Safari 3.1
Apple Safari 3 Beta for Windows
Apple Safari 3 Beta
Apple Safari 3
Not Vulnerable: Apple Safari 4 for Windows
Apple Safari 4

Discussion

Apple Safari 'file://' Protocol Handler Information Disclosure and Denial of Service Vulnerability

Apple Safari is prone to an information-disclosure and denial-of-service vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to access local files. On Microsoft Windows platforms, the attacker may launch rogue instances of Windows Explorer, which may affect the computer's overall stability, leading to a denial of service.

This issue affects versions prior to Safari 4.0 running on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 and on Microsoft Windows XP and Vista.

Exploit / POC

Apple Safari 'file://' Protocol Handler Information Disclosure and Denial of Service Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into viewing a malicious webpage.

Solution / Fix

Apple Safari 'file://' Protocol Handler Information Disclosure and Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor fixes are available. Please see the references for details.


Apple Safari 3

Apple Safari 3 Beta for Windows

Apple Safari 3.1 for Windows

Apple Safari 4 Beta

Apple Safari 3.1

Apple Safari 3.2

Apple Safari 4 Beta

Apple Safari Beta 2

Apple Safari 3 Beta

Apple Safari 1.0

Apple Safari 1.1

Apple Safari 1.2

Apple Safari 1.2.1

Apple Safari 1.2.2

Apple Safari 1.2.3

Apple Safari 1.3

Apple Safari 1.3.1

Apple Safari 1.3.2

Apple Safari 2.0.1

Apple Safari 2.0.2

Apple Safari 2.0.3

Apple Safari 2.0.4

Apple Safari 3.0.1 Beta

Apple Safari 3.0.1 Beta for Windows

Apple Safari 3.0.2 Beta

Apple Safari 3.0.2 Beta for Windows

Apple Safari 3.0.3 Beta

Apple Safari 3.0.3 Beta for Windows

Apple Safari 3.0.4 Beta for Windows

Apple Safari 3.1.1

Apple Safari 3.1.1 for Windows

Apple Safari 3.1.2 for Windows

Apple Safari 3.1.2

Apple Safari 3.2.2 for Windows

Apple Safari 3.2.3

Apple Safari 3.2.3 for Windows

References

Apple Safari 'file://' Protocol Handler Information Disclosure and Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

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