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CVE-2008-4216

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The plug-in interface in WebKit in Apple Safari before 3.2 does not prevent plug-ins from accessing local URLs, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors that "launch local files."

Affected products

• Apple Safari: through 3.1.2; 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.0-beta, 1.0-beta2, 1.0.3 (+29)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32706
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32291
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021227
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32706
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32291
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021227

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