SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2010-3813

The WebCore::HTMLLinkElement::process function in WebCore/html/HTMLLinkElement.cpp in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 5.0.3 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1.3 on Mac OS X 10.4; webkitgtk before 1.2.6; and possibly other…

MEDIUM 5.8EPSS 1.84%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.84%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The WebCore::HTMLLinkElement::process function in WebCore/html/HTMLLinkElement.cpp in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 5.0.3 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1.3 on Mac OS X 10.4; webkitgtk before 1.2.6; and possibly other products does not verify whether DNS prefetching is enabled when processing an HTML LINK element, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, as demonstrated by an HTML e-mail message that uses a LINK element for X-Confirm-Reading-To functionality.

CVSS 2.0
5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS
1.84% probability · 78th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
apple/safari · apple/webkit
Source
product-security@apple.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.