CVE-2009-1708

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-06-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Apple Safari before 4.0 does not prevent calls to the open-help-anchor URL handler by web sites, which allows remote attackers to open arbitrary local help files, and execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information, via a crafted call.

Affected products

Apple Safari: through 4.0_beta; through 3.2.3; 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.0.3, 1.1, 1.2 (+18)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
http://osvdb.org/55011
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35351
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
http://osvdb.org/55011
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022345

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