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CVE-2009-1060

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-03-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Apple Safari on Mac OS X 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors triggered by clicking on a link, as demonstrated by Charlie Miller during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.

Affected products

• Apple Safari: all versions

References

• http://cansecwest.com/index.html
• http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009
• http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits
• http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html
• http://osvdb.org/52888
• http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9129978
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34179
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021879
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49463
• http://cansecwest.com/index.html
• http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009
• http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits

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