CVE-2005-2516

Safari in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2, when rendering Rich Text Format (RTF) files, can directly access URLs without performing the normal security checks, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/709220	Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.html	Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/709220	Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.html	Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2005-08-19 04:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2005-2516

Mitre link : CVE-2005-2516

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-2516

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

mac_os_x
safari

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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