40662 : Apple Safari Tabbed Browsing HTTP Authentication Spoofing
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-11-15

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-4692" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The tabbed browsing feature in Apple Safari 3 before Beta Update 3.0.4 on Windows, and Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10, allows remote attackers to spoof HTTP authentication for other sites and possibly conduct phishing attacks by causing an authentication sheet to be displayed for a tab that is not active, which makes it appear as if it is associated with the active tab.

Classification

Attack Type: Authentication Management
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.0.4 Beta or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2007-4692 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 26444 26447
Secunia Advisory ID: 27643
ISS X-Force ID: 38460
Related OSVDB ID: 40661 40663 40664 40665 40666 40667 40668 40669 40670 40671 40672 40673 40674 40675 40676 40677 40678 40679 40680 40681 40682 40683 40684 40685 40686 40687 40688 40689 40690 40691 40693
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-3868
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
Mail List Post: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00003.html
CERT: TA07-319A

Tools & Filters

	4284

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-11-15 | Disagree?

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