6184 : Apple Mac OS X Help URI Script Execution
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
12	849	over 8 years ago	about 1 year ago	2 times	90%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2004-02-23	2004-05-14	2004-05-15

Time to Exploit
82 days

Description

Apple Mac OSX contains a flaw that may allow a malicious website to execute arbitrary commands on the vulnerable host. The issue is triggered when a user clicks a specially formed URI. It is possible that the flaw may allow arbitrary commands to be executed resulting in a loss of integrity, and/or availability.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Apple has released a patch/update (2004-06-07) to address this vulnerability.

Products

Apple Computer, Inc.	Safari	1.2.1
	OSX	10.2.8
		10.3
		10.3.1
		10.3.2
		10.3.3
		10.3.4

Microsoft Corporation

Internet Explorer for Mac

5.2

Mozilla Organization	Browser for Mac	1.7RC2
Mozilla Organization	Firefox for Mac	0.8

References

Bugtraq ID: 10356
Secunia Advisory ID: 11622
CVE ID: 2004-0486 (see also: NVD)
Generic Informational URL: http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=213043
http://fundisom.com/owned/warning
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/47355
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate_2004-06-07_(_10_2_8).html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/securityupdate_2004-06-07_(_10_3_4).html
Other Solution URL: http://www.clauss-net.de/misfox/misfox.html
http://www.monkeyfood.com/software/moreInternet/

Tools & Filters

	12519

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Felix Henke - lixlpixelmac.com - fundisom.com

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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