CVE-2008-1589

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Safari on Apple iPhone before 2.0 and iPod touch before 2.0 misinterprets a menu button press as user confirmation for visiting a web site with a (1) self-signed or (2) invalid certificate, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof web sites.

Affected products

Apple Safari: all versions

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88676089/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000039.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31074
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30186
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43734
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88676089/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000039.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31074
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30186

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