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CVE-2009-2058

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-06-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Apple Safari before 3.2.2 uses the HTTP Host header to determine the context of a document provided in a (1) 4xx or (2) 5xx CONNECT response from a proxy server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary web script by modifying this CONNECT response, aka an "SSL tampering" attack.

Affected products

• Apple Safari: through 3.2.2

References

• http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=79323
• http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/79323/pbp-final-with-update.pdf
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51193
• http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=79323
• http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/79323/pbp-final-with-update.pdf
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51193

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