CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-1699

7.5 HIGH Published 2009-06-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-06-10
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-611

Description

The XSL stylesheet implementation in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not properly handle XML external entities, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DTD, as demonstrated by a file:///etc/passwd URL in an entity declaration, related to an "XXE attack."

Affected configurations

• apple safari (< 4.0) • apple iphone os (>= 1.0.0 <= 2.2.1) • canonical ubuntu linux 8.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.04 • opensuse opensuse 11.2 • opensuse opensuse 11.3

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference weakness

References