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Apple Safari <= 4.0.4 'SRC' Remote DoS Vulnerability

🗓️ 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType 
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Apple Safari 'SRC' Remote DoS Vulnerability, allows attacker to crash browser resulting in denial of servic

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:apple:safari";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800486");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-03-05 10:09:57 +0100 (Fri, 05 Mar 2010)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0925");
  script_name("Apple Safari <= 4.0.4 'SRC' Remote DoS Vulnerability");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_apple_safari_smb_login_detect.nasl");
  script_require_ports(139, 445);
  script_mandatory_keys("apple/safari/smb-login/detected");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://en.securitylab.ru/nvd/391341.php");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://nobytes.com/exploits/Safari_4.0.4_background_DoS_pl.txt");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let the attacker crash the affected
  browser, resulting in a denial of service condition and can cause other attacks.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apple Safari version 4.0.4 (5.31.21.10) and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to error in 'cfnetwork.dll' file in
  CFNetwork when, processing 'SRC' attribute of a 'IMG' or 'IFRAME' element via a long string.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
  since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution
  options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or
  replace the product by another one.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apple Safari is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");

function find_version(filepath) {
  sysPath = eregmatch(string:filepath, pattern:"^.*\\");
  fileName = eregmatch(string:filepath, pattern:"[^\\]+$");
  vers = fetch_file_version(sysPath: sysPath[0], file_name:fileName[0]);
  return vers;
}

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if(version_is_less_equal(version:vers, test_version:"5.31.21.10")) {
  key = "SOFTWARE\Apple Computer, Inc.\Safari";
  asFile = registry_get_sz(item:"BrowserExe", key:key);
  if(asFile) {
    exeVer = find_version(filepath:asFile);
    if(!isnull(exeVer)) {
      if(version_is_less_equal(version:exeVer, test_version:"5.31.21.10")) {
        filePath = asFile - "Safari.exe";
        dllVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath: filePath, file_name:"cfnetwork.dll");
        if(isnull(dllVer)) {
          filePath = asFile - "\Safari\Safari.exe\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\";
          dllVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath: filePath, file_name:"cfnetwork.dll");
        }

        if(!isnull(dllVer)) {
          if(version_is_less_equal(version:dllVer, test_version:"1.450.5.0")) {
            report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:dllVer, fixed_version:"None", install_path:path, file_checked:filePath);
            security_message(port:0, data:report);
            exit(0);
          }
          exit(99);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

exit(0);

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