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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2010-1384

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

Apple Safari before 5.0 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1 on Mac OS X 10.4, does not provide a warning about a (1) http or (2) https URL that contains a username and password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct phishing attacks via a crafted URL.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • 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