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Apple Safari Security Update (HT122285)

🗓️ 14 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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Apple Safari Security Update addresses a critical out-of-bounds write vulnerability.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.836041");
  script_version("2025-11-17T05:41:16+0000");
  script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-24201");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-11-17 05:41:16 +0000 (Mon, 17 Nov 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2025-11-14 13:52:54 +0000 (Fri, 14 Nov 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-03-14 11:03:30 +0530 (Fri, 14 Mar 2025)");
  script_name("Apple Safari Security Update (HT122285)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apple Safari is prone to an out-of-bounds
  write vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to an out-of-bounds
  write issue in Apple Safari.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows an attacker
  to break out of Web Content sandbox.");

  script_tag(name: "affected" , value:"Apple Safari prior to version 18.3.1");

  script_tag(name: "solution" , value:"Update to version 18.3.1 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/122285");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("macosx_safari_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("AppleSafari/MacOSX/Version", "ssh/login/osx_version");
  exit(0);
}

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

osName = get_kb_item("ssh/login/osx_name");
if(!osName)
  exit(0);

osVer = get_kb_item("ssh/login/osx_version");
if(!osVer || (osVer !~ "^13\." && osVer !~ "^14\.") || "Mac OS X" >!< osName)
  exit(0);

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(version:vers, test_version:"18.3.1")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"18.3.1", install_path:path);
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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