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Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities (Nov 2016) - Mac OS X

🗓️ 22 Nov 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities (Nov 2016) - Mac OS X. Flaws in history deletion, SVG image parsing, memory corruption

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.810207");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1849", "CVE-2016-1858", "CVE-2016-1854", "CVE-2016-1855",
                "CVE-2016-1856", "CVE-2016-1857", "CVE-2016-1859");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-03-25 17:08:00 +0000 (Mon, 25 Mar 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-11-22 11:05:47 +0530 (Tue, 22 Nov 2016)");
  script_name("Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities (Nov 2016) - Mac OS X");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apple Safari is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws exist due to:

  - The 'Clear History and Website Data' feature mishandles the deletion of
    browsing history.

  - An insufficient taint tracking issue in the parsing of svg images.

  - Multiple memory corruption issues.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow local
  attackers to obtain sensitive information, remote attackers to execute arbitrary
  code or cause a denial of service.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apple Safari versions before 9.1.1");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Apple Safari version 9.1.1 or
  later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

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

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206565");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90690");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90689");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00005.html");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("macosx_safari_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("AppleSafari/MacOSX/Version");

  exit(0);
}

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

if(!safVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
  exit(0);
}

if(version_is_less(version:safVer, test_version:"9.1.1"))
{
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:safVer, fixed_version:"9.1.1");
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}

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