40688 : Apple Mac OS X WebKit Safari PDF Preview Temp File Information Disclosure
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
5	396	over 4 years ago	over 4 years ago	5 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2007-11-15	2007-11-15

Description

WebKit/Safari contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to access another user's files. The issue is triggered when a user previews a PDF file in Safari. It is possible that the flaw may allow a user to access the temporary file created when a PDF is previewed, resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Race Condition
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Patch / RCS, Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Technical

This issue can only be exploited on OS X operating systems.

Solution

Upgrade to version 10.4.11 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. Additionally, the vendor has released a patch to address this issue, Security Update 2007-008

Products

Apple Computer, Inc.	Mac OS X	10.4.3
		10.4.4
		10.4.1
		10.4.6
		10.4.8
		10.4.2
		10.4.10
		10.4.5
		10.4.7
		10.4.9
		10.4

References

Security Tracker: 1018948
CVE ID: 2007-4701 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 26444
Secunia Advisory ID: 27643
Related OSVDB ID: 40661 40662 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 40689 40690 40691 40693
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-3868
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
CERT VU: TA07-319A

Tools & Filters

	4284

Credit

Jean-Luc Giraud - ETH Zurich
Moritz Borgmann - ETH Zurich

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-11-15 | Disagree?

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