CVE-2011-3230

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 49.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-10-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Apple Safari before 5.1.1 on Mac OS X does not enforce an intended policy for file: URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site.

Affected products

Apple Safari: through 5.1; 1.0, 1.0-beta, 1.0-beta2, 1.0.0, 1.0.0b1, 1.0.0b2 (+76)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00004.html
http://osvdb.org/76389
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5000
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50162
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70567
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00004.html
http://osvdb.org/76389
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5000
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50162
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70567

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