Description
Apple Safari 3.2.1 (aka AppVer 3.525.27.1) on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop or access violation) via a link to an http URI in which the authority (aka hostname) portion is either a (1) . (dot) or (2) .. (dot dot) sequence.
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 For Windows 3.2.1 - URI Remote Denial of Service EDB-32761 · dos · Jan 27, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6091 vdb-entry signature
- http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2009/01/safari-for-windows-321-remote-http-uri.html
- safari-httpuri-dos(48284) vdb-entry
- 33481 vdb-entry