Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-2072 - Improper Authentication vulnerability in Apple Safari

047910
CVSS 5.4 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
apple
CWE-287
nessus
NVD
Published: 2009-06-15
Updated: 2009-06-23

Summary

Apple Safari does not require a cached certificate before displaying a lock icon for an https web site, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an arbitrary https site by sending the browser a crafted (1) 4xx or (2) 5xx CONNECT response page for an https request sent through a proxy server.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Apple
85

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Authentication Abuse
    An attacker obtains unauthorized access to an application, service or device either through knowledge of the inherent weaknesses of an authentication mechanism, or by exploiting a flaw in the authentication scheme's implementation. In such an attack an authentication mechanism is functioning but a carefully controlled sequence of events causes the mechanism to grant access to the attacker. This attack may exploit assumptions made by the target's authentication procedures, such as assumptions regarding trust relationships or assumptions regarding the generation of secret values. This attack differs from Authentication Bypass attacks in that Authentication Abuse allows the attacker to be certified as a valid user through illegitimate means, while Authentication Bypass allows the user to access protected material without ever being certified as an authenticated user. This attack does not rely on prior sessions established by successfully authenticating users, as relied upon for the "Exploitation of Session Variables, Resource IDs and other Trusted Credentials" attack patterns.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Register Man in the Middle
    This attack utilizes a REST(REpresentational State Transfer)-style applications' trust in the system resources and environment to place man in the middle once SSL is terminated. Rest applications premise is that they leverage existing infrastructure to deliver web services functionality. An example of this is a Rest application that uses HTTP Get methods and receives a HTTP response with an XML document. These Rest style web services are deployed on existing infrastructure such as Apache and IIS web servers with no SOAP stack required. Unfortunately from a security standpoint, there frequently is no interoperable identity security mechanism deployed, so Rest developers often fall back to SSL to deliver security. In large data centers, SSL is typically terminated at the edge of the network - at the firewall, load balancer, or router. Once the SSL is terminated the HTTP request is in the clear (unless developers have hashed or encrypted the values, but this is rare). The attacker can utilize a sniffer such as Wireshark to snapshot the credentials, such as username and password that are passed in the clear once SSL is terminated. Once the attacker gathers these credentials, they can submit requests to the web service provider just as authorized user do. There is not typically an authentication on the client side, beyond what is passed in the request itself so once this is compromised, then this is generally sufficient to compromise the service's authentication scheme.
  • Man in the Middle Attack
    This type of attack targets the communication between two components (typically client and server). The attacker places himself in the communication channel between the two components. Whenever one component attempts to communicate with the other (data flow, authentication challenges, etc.), the data first goes to the attacker, who has the opportunity to observe or alter it, and it is then passed on to the other component as if it was never intercepted. This interposition is transparent leaving the two compromised components unaware of the potential corruption or leakage of their communications. The potential for Man-in-the-Middle attacks yields an implicit lack of trust in communication or identify between two components.

Nessus

  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idSEAMONKEY_1119.NASL
    descriptionThe installed version of SeaMonkey is earlier than 1.1.19. Such versions are potentially affected by the following security issues : - The columns of a XUL tree element can be manipulated in a particular way that would leave a pointer owned by the column pointing to freed memory. (MFSA 2009-49) - A heap-based buffer overflow exists in Mozilla
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id45111
    published2010-03-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/45111
    titleSeaMonkey < 1.1.19 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#


include("compat.inc");


if (description)
{
  script_id(45111);
  script_version("1.15");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2009-0689",
    "CVE-2009-2463",
    "CVE-2009-2072",
    "CVE-2009-3075",
    "CVE-2009-3077",
    "CVE-2009-3385",
    "CVE-2009-3983",
    "CVE-2010-0161", 
    "CVE-2010-0163"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(37366, 38830, 38831);
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"39001");

  script_name(english:"SeaMonkey < 1.1.19 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks version of SeaMonkey");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis",value:
"A web browser on the remote host is affected by multiple
vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description",value:
"The installed version of SeaMonkey is earlier than 1.1.19.  Such
versions are potentially affected by the following security issues :
  
  - The columns of a XUL tree element can be manipulated in
    a particular way that would leave a pointer owned by
    the column pointing to freed memory. (MFSA 2009-49)

  - A heap-based buffer overflow exists in Mozilla's string
    to floating point number conversion routines. 
    (MFSA 2009-59)

  - It is possible to obfuscate the name of files to be
    downloaded by using a right-to-left override character
    (RTL). (MFSA 2009-62)

  - Mozilla's NTLM implementation is vulnerable to 
    reflection attacks in which NTLM credentials from one
    application could be forwarded to another arbitrary 
    application. (MFSA 2009-68)

  - Scriptable plugin content, such as Flash objects, can be
    loaded and executed by embedding the content in an 
    iframe inside the message. (MFSA 2010-06)

  - Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities exist that
    may result in the execution of arbitrary code. 
    (MFSA 2010-07)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-06/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2010-07/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-68/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-62/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-59/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also",value:"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2009-49/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution",value:
"Upgrade to SeaMonkey 2.0.3 / 1.1.19 or later. 

Note that 1.1.19 is a legacy release and is affected by known
vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(94, 119, 189, 287);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date",value:"2010/09/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date",value:"2010/03/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date",value:"2010/03/19");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/27 18:38:15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mozilla:seamonkey");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("mozilla_org_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("SeaMonkey/Version");

  exit(0);
}

include("mozilla_version.inc");
port = get_kb_item("SMB/transport");
if (!port) port = 445;

installs = get_kb_list("SMB/SeaMonkey/*");
if (isnull(installs)) audit(AUDIT_NOT_INST, "SeaMonkey");

mozilla_check_version(installs:installs, product:'seamonkey', fix:'1.1.19', severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idSAFARI_3_2_2.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Safari installed on the remote Windows host is earlier than 3.2.2. Such versions reportedly have multiple security vulnerabilities : - Input validation issues in their handling of
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35687
    published2009-02-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35687
    titleSafari < 3.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#


include("compat.inc");


if (description)
{
  script_id(35687);
  script_version("1.16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0137", "CVE-2009-2062", "CVE-2009-2072");
  script_bugtraq_id(33234, 35411, 35412);

  script_name(english:"Safari < 3.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks Safari's version number");

  script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host contains a web browser with multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute( attribute:"description",   value:
"The version of Safari installed on the remote Windows host is earlier
than 3.2.2.  Such versions reportedly have multiple security
vulnerabilities :

  - Input validation issues in their handling of 'feed:' 
    URLs, which could be abused to execute arbitrary 
    JavaScript code in the local security zone.

  - A cached certificate is not required before displaying 
    a lock icon for a HTTPS website.  This allows a man-
    in-the-middle attacker to present the user with spoofed 
    web pages over HTTPS that appear to be from a legitimate 
    source.

  - The browser processes a 3xx HTTP CONNECT before a 
    successful SSL handshake, which could allow a man-in-
    the-middle attacker to execute arbitrary script code in 
    the context of a HTTPS site."  
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also", 
    value:"https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/pretty-bad-proxy-an-overlooked-adversary-in-browsers-https-deployments/?from=http%3A%2F%2Fresearch.microsoft.com%2Fapps%2Fpubs%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fid%3D79323"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also", 
    value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT3439"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also", 
    value:"https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00001.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Upgrade to Safari 3.2.2 or later."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(20, 287);
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2009/02/13");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:apple:safari");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("safari_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("SMB/Safari/FileVersion");

  exit(0);
}


include("global_settings.inc");


ver = get_kb_item("SMB/Safari/FileVersion");
if (isnull(ver)) exit(0);

iver = split(ver, sep:'.', keep:FALSE);
for (i=0; i<max_index(iver); i++)
  iver[i] = int(iver[i]);

if (
  iver[0] < 3 ||
  (
    iver[0] == 3 &&
    (
      iver[1] < 525 ||
      (
        iver[1] == 525 && 
        (
          iver[2] < 28 ||
          (iver[2] == 28 && iver[3] < 1)
        )
      )
    )
  )
)
{
  if (report_verbosity)
  {
    prod_ver = get_kb_item("SMB/Safari/ProductVersion");
    if (!isnull(prod_ver)) ver = prod_ver;

    report = string(
      "\n",
      "Safari version ", ver, " is currently installed on the remote host.\n"
    );
    security_hole(port:get_kb_item("SMB/transport"), extra:report);
  }
  else security_hole(get_kb_item("SMB/transport"));
}

References