CVE-2009-2842

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-11-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Apple Safari before 4.0.4 does not properly implement certain (1) Open Image and (2) Open Link menu options, which allows remote attackers to read local HTML files via a crafted web site.

Affected products

Apple Safari: through 4.0.3; 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.0b1, 1.0.0b2, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 (+52)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html
http://osvdb.org/59942
http://secunia.com/advisories/37346
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36994
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023164
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54238
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5915
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html
http://osvdb.org/59942
http://secunia.com/advisories/37346

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