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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2009-1703

High
7.1/10

Summary

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 does not prevent references to file: URLs within (1) audio and (2) video elements, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a crafted HTML document.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published