CVE-2009-2420

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-07-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Apple Safari 3.2.3 does not properly implement the file: protocol handler, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (launch of multiple Windows Explorer instances) via vectors involving an unspecified HTML tag, possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-1703.

Affected products

Apple Safari: 3.2.3

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504480/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35482
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504480/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35482

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