Advisory Details

September 13th, 2010

Apple Safari Webkit Runin Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-10-170
ZDI-CAN-806

CVE ID CVE-2010-1806
CVSS SCORE 9.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS Apple
AFFECTED PRODUCTS WebKit
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['10462']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple Safari's Webkit. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the library's support of an element containing the run-in property. When a block box is appended as the sibling of a run-in box, the run-in box will be promoted to the first inline box. This implies that the first inline box will be destroyed. Later when the application attempts to destroy this element, it will access memory that has been freed. If an attacker can substitute an alternate type in the element's place, the attacker will have code execution under the context of the application.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4333
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456


DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2010-06-17 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2010-09-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT wushi of team509
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