WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.3 does not properly restrict the URL scheme of the pluginspage attribute of an EMBED element, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to launch arbitrary file: URLs and obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML document
Published Aug 12, 2009
7.1
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.39%
Description
WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.3 does not properly restrict the URL scheme of the pluginspage attribute of an EMBED element, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to launch arbitrary file: URLs and obtain sensitive information via a crafted HTML document.
Affected products
No data.
Running on/with
- 10.4.
- 10.5.7
- 10.5.8
- 10.4.11
- 10.5.7
- 10.5.8
- n/a
- n/a
- ≤ 4.0.2
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.0b1
- 1.0.0b2
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.3
- 1.1
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.2
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.3
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.2
- 2.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3_417.9.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.4_419.3
- 2.0_pre
- 3
- 3.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0b
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.1b
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.2b
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.3b
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.4_beta
- 3.0.4b
- 3.1
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0b
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.2
- 3.2
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.2
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0_beta
- 4beta
- beta2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.39% (0.02387) | 83.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.39% (0.02387) | 81.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.61% (0.00614) | 68.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00438) | 75.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00438) | 74.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.44% (0.00438) | 70.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3733 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36024 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022720 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3733 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36024 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022720 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
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