Apple iPhone frame security bypass
| iphone-frame-security-bypass (36860) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Apple iPhone could allow a remote attacker to bypass cross-domain security restrictions, caused by the association of JavaScript with the wrong frame in Safari. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute JavaScript code in the context of another domain.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5.1 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.8 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Bypass Security
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Apple iPhone (1.1.1 or later), available from the Apple Web site. See References.
References:
- Apple Web site: iPhone.
- Apple Web site: About the security content of the iPhone 1.1.1 Update.
- BID-25851: Apple iPhone Safari Browser Frame Events Same-Origin Policy Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-3761: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Safari in Apple iPhone 1.1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by causing Javascript events to be applied to a frame in another domain.
- SA26983: Apple iPhone Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1018752: Apple iPhone Bugs Let Remote Users Dial Phone Numbers, Execute Arbitrary Code, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3287: Apple iPhone Multiple Code Execution and Information Disclosure Issues
Platforms Affected:
- Apple iPhone 1.0
- Apple iPhone 1.0.1
- Apple iPhone 1.0.2
- Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Apple Mac OS X 10.4.10
- Apple Mac OS X 10.4.9
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9
- Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.10
- Apple Safari 2.0.4
- Microsoft Windows Vista
Reported:
Sep 27, 2007
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