Apple Safari HTML comment cross-site scripting
| safari-html-comment-xss (31846) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Apple Safari could allow a remote attacker to bypass cross-site scripting protection and perform cross-site scripting attacks on vulnerable Web applications. Safari fails to properly parse HTML tags within HTML comments. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious script within a victim's Web browser within the security context of the targeted site by embedding malicious script within HTML tags in a specially-crafted URL. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.2 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
For Mac OS:
Apply Apple Security Update 2007-007, available from the Apple Web site. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- Apple Security Update 2007-007 : About Security Update 2007-007.
- Apple Web site: Apple - Support - Downloads.
- Apple Web site: Apple security updates.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jan 23 2007 - 01:44:13 CST : Safari Improperly Parses HTML Documents & BlogSpot XSS vulnerability.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jan 23 2007 - 23:06:34 CST : Re: Safari Improperly Parses HTML Documents & BlogSpot XSS vulnerability.
- BID-25159: Apple Mac OS X 2007-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-0478: WebCore 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.
- GLSA-200703-10: KHTML: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- SA23893: Safari HTML Parsing Weakness and URL Information Disclosure
- SA26235: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1018494: Mac OS X WebCore Bugs Permit Cross-Domain Scripting Attacks and Java Settings Bypass
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2732: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Apple Safari 2.0.4
- Apple WebCore
- Gentoo Linux
Reported:
Jan 23, 2007
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