Advisory Details

May 15th, 2015

Apple Safari file:// Redirection Sandbox Escape Vulnerabliity

CVE ID	CVE-2015-1155
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Apple
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Safari
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple Safari. 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 handling of popups to invalid pages. The issue lies in the ability to control the history of a window with higher privileges. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code outside the context of the Safari sandbox.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204826
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-02-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-05-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Joe Vennix of Rapid7 Inc.

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