CVE-2009-1681

Safari vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

3.0%

EPSS pct

86th

Exploited

No known

WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not prevent web sites from loading third-party content into a subframe, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct "clickjacking" attacks via a crafted HTML document.

Affected vendor

Apple

Affected product

Safari

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Published

2009-06-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

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