Description
Apple Safari 2.0.4/419.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a DHTML setAttributeNode function call with zero arguments, which triggers a null dereference.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Apple Safari Web Browser 2.0.4 - DHTML SetAttributeNode() Null Dereference Denial of Service EDB-28165 · dos · Jul 5, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-5-dhtml-setattributenode.html
- safari-dhtml-setattributenode-dos(27594) vdb-entry
- 1016441 vdb-entry
- 26838 vdb-entry
- ADV-2006-2671 vdb-entry
- 18822 vdb-entry