CVE-2009-1703

Safari vulnerability

CVSS

7.1

EPSS

3.0%

EPSS pct

86th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Apple

Affected product

Safari

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information

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 complete impact to confidentiality.

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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