Overview
Apple Mac OS X WebKit and Safari security controls may be bypassed, possibly allowing remote command execution.
Description
Mac OS X includes the Safari web browser, which can display Portable Document Format (PDF) files directly. This functionality is part of the WebKit system framework. The PDF rendering code in Safari is able to call the URLs directly rather than through the Safari browser. This may allow some security controls defined in Safari to be bypassed, leading to possible arbitrary command execution. |
Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to persuade a user to click on a PDF file link within Safari, leading to remote command execution. |
Solution
Apply an update Please see Apple Security Update 2005-007 for details on workarounds, fixes, and updates. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Apple Product Security for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Ken MacInnis.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2005-2522 |
| Severity Metric: | 10.41 |
| Date Public: | 2005-08-15 |
| Date First Published: | 2005-08-17 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2005-08-17 17:55 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 10 |