VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-2420
Apple Safari 3.2.3 does not properly implement the file: protocol handler, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (launch of multiple Windows Explorer instances) via vectors involving an unspecified HTML tag,…
MEDIUM 5.8EPSS 1.07%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Apple Safari 3.2.3 does not properly implement the file: protocol handler, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (launch of multiple Windows Explorer instances) via vectors involving an unspecified HTML tag, possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-1703.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.07% probability · 63th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- apple/safari
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.