CVE-2007-5858

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

WebKit in Safari in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.1, iPhone 1.0 through 1.1.2, and iPod touch 1.1 through 1.1.2 allows remote attackers to "navigate the subframes of any other page," which can be leveraged to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and obtain sensitive information.

Affected products

Apple Safari: all versions

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307178
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307302
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Jan/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
http://secunia.com/advisories/28497
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26911
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0147

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