Info

Disclosure

May 09, 2005

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

May 09, 2005

Solution

Unknown

Description

Dashboard in combination with Safari in Mac OS X contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to inject arbitrary widgets. The issue is triggered when the 'Open "safe" files after downloading' option in Safari is enabled. It is possible that the flaw may allow a remote attacker to create a malicious web page that contains an embedded META tag to trigger Safari to download a malicious widget, which would be automatically installed under the /Library/Widgets or ~/Library/Widgets directory without any user intervention resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 10.4.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. It is also possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround: Disable the 'Open "safe" files after downloading' option in Safari.

Products

Apple Computer, Inc.

Mac OS X

10.4

References

Security Tracker: 1014012
CVE ID: 2005-1474 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301629
Other Advisory URL: http://stephan.com/widgets/zaptastic/
http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~aaron/files/widgets/
Vendor URL: http://www.apple.com/

Credit

Aaron Harnly - mithras.the.prophetgmail.com -
Stephan Meyers - stephanstephan.com -

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/16499