2009-2842 | Apple Safari cross-site request forgery (HT3949 / BID-36994)

By Max On Aug 27, 2021

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4.1	$0-$5k	0.33

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Safari (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. Impacted is confidentiality. An attacker might be able force legitimate users to initiate unwanted actions within the web application.

The weakness was disclosed 11/12/2009 with Apple as HT3949 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-2842 since 08/17/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42477 (Mac OS X : Apple Safari MacOS X Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 3.1.0b eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54238), Vulnerability Center (SBV-24147) and Tenable (42477). The entries 50808, 50806 and 50805 are pretty similar.

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Vendor

Name

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Class: Cross site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 42477
Nessus Name: Mac OS X : Apple Safari Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 900889
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities – Nov09
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfoedit

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Safari 3.1.0b

08/17/2009 🔍
11/11/2009 +86 days 🔍
11/11/2009 +0 days 🔍
11/12/2009 +1 days 🔍
11/12/2009 +0 days 🔍
11/13/2009 +0 days 🔍
11/23/2009 +10 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1941 days 🔍
08/27/2021 +2354 days 🔍Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

Advisory: HT3949
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2009-2842 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 54238
Vulnerability Center: 24147 – Apple Safari x3C 4.0.4 Menu Options Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Low
SecurityFocus: 36994 – Apple Safari Shortcut Menu Options Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 59942 – Apple Safari Link Open Shortcut Menu Options Arbitrary HTML File Remote Disclosure

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