CVE-2007-0478

Description

WebCore on Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.10, as used in Safari, does not properly parse HTML comments in TITLE elements, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and bypass some XSS protection schemes by embedding certain HTML tags within an HTML comment.

Affected products

• Apple / Safari
• Apple / webcore

References

• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23893
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457763/100/0/threaded
• MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
• MISChttp://osvdb.org/32712
• MISChttp://securitytracker.com/id?1018494
• MISChttp://www.beanfuzz.com/wordpress/?p=99
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
• MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31846
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/26235