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Apple WebKit innerHTML element Substitution Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-10-029: March 15th, 2010

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Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple WebKit. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page.

The specific flaw exists in the WebCore's HTMLObjectElement::renderFallBackContent() method. By rewriting an HTML element via the document's innerHTML() method a memory corruption occurs resulting from a call-after-free. This can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current user.

Vendor Response

Google states:


Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:

Disclosure Timeline

    2009-10-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
    2010-03-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by:
    wushi of team509