Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-3660 - Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Apple Safari

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
apple
CWE-79
nessus

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the PDF functionality in WebKit in Apple Safari before 6.2.7, 7.x before 7.1.7, and 8.x before 8.0.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL in embedded PDF content.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Apple
141

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Embedding Scripts in Non-Script Elements
    This attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where malicious scripts are embedded in elements that are not expected to host scripts such as image tags (<img>), comments in XML documents (< !-CDATA->), etc. These tags may not be subject to the same input validation, output validation, and other content filtering and checking routines, so this can create an opportunity for an attacker to tunnel through the application's elements and launch a XSS attack through other elements. As with all remote attacks, it is important to differentiate the ability to launch an attack (such as probing an internal network for unpatched servers) and the ability of the remote attacker to collect and interpret the output of said attack.
  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Cross-Site Scripting in Error Pages
    An attacker distributes a link (or possibly some other query structure) with a request to a third party web server that is malformed and also contains a block of exploit code in order to have the exploit become live code in the resulting error page. When the third party web server receives the crafted request and notes the error it then creates an error message that echoes the malformed message, including the exploit. Doing this converts the exploit portion of the message into to valid language elements that are executed by the viewing browser. When a victim executes the query provided by the attacker the infected error message error message is returned including the exploit code which then runs in the victim's browser. XSS can result in execution of code as well as data leakage (e.g. session cookies can be sent to the attacker). This type of attack is especially dangerous since the exploit appears to come from the third party web server, who the victim may trust and hence be more vulnerable to deception.
  • Cross-Site Scripting Using Alternate Syntax
    The attacker uses alternate forms of keywords or commands that result in the same action as the primary form but which may not be caught by filters. For example, many keywords are processed in a case insensitive manner. If the site's web filtering algorithm does not convert all tags into a consistent case before the comparison with forbidden keywords it is possible to bypass filters (e.g., incomplete black lists) by using an alternate case structure. For example, the "script" tag using the alternate forms of "Script" or "ScRiPt" may bypass filters where "script" is the only form tested. Other variants using different syntax representations are also possible as well as using pollution meta-characters or entities that are eventually ignored by the rendering engine. The attack can result in the execution of otherwise prohibited functionality.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2016-D132DBB529.NASL
    descriptionUpdate to 2.10.4. Major new features: * New HTTP disk cache for the Network Process. * IndexedDB support. * New Web Inspector UI. * Automatic ScreenServer inhibition when playing fullscreen videos. * Initial Editor API. - Performance improvements. This update addresses the following vulnerabilities: * CVE-2015-1122 * CVE-2015-1152 * CVE-2015-1155 * CVE-2015-3660 * CVE-2015-3730 * CVE-2015-3738 * CVE-2015-3740 * CVE-2015-3742 * CVE-2015-3744 * CVE-2015-3746 * CVE-2015-3750 * CVE-2015-3751 * CVE-2015-3754 * CVE-2015-3755 * CVE-2015-5804 * CVE-2015-5805 * CVE-2015-5807 * CVE-2015-5810 * CVE-2015-5813 * CVE-2015-5814 * CVE-2015-5815 * CVE-2015-5817 * CVE-2015-5818 * CVE-2015-5825 * CVE-2015-5827 * CVE-2015-5828 * CVE-2015-5929 * CVE-2015-5930 * CVE-2015-5931 * CVE-2015-7002 * CVE-2015-7013 * CVE-2015-7014 * CVE-2015-7048 * CVE-2015-7095 * CVE-2015-7097 * CVE-2015-7099 * CVE-2015-7100 * CVE-2015-7102 * CVE-2015-7103 * CVE-2015-7104 For further information on the new features, see the [Igalia blog post](http://blogs.igalia.com/carlosgc/2015/09/21/webkit gtk-2-10/). For information on the security vulnerabilities, refer to [WebKitGTK+ Security Advisory WSA-2015-0002](http://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2015-00 02.html). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-03-04
    plugin id89619
    published2016-03-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89619
    titleFedora 22 : webkitgtk4-2.10.4-1.fc22 (2016-d132dbb529)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2016-d132dbb529.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(89619);
      script_version("1.3");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2016-d132dbb529");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 22 : webkitgtk4-2.10.4-1.fc22 (2016-d132dbb529)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Update to 2.10.4. Major new features: * New HTTP disk cache for the
    Network Process. * IndexedDB support. * New Web Inspector UI. *
    Automatic ScreenServer inhibition when playing fullscreen videos. *
    Initial Editor API.
    
      - Performance improvements. This update addresses the
        following vulnerabilities: * CVE-2015-1122 *
        CVE-2015-1152 * CVE-2015-1155 * CVE-2015-3660 *
        CVE-2015-3730 * CVE-2015-3738 * CVE-2015-3740 *
        CVE-2015-3742 * CVE-2015-3744 * CVE-2015-3746 *
        CVE-2015-3750 * CVE-2015-3751 * CVE-2015-3754 *
        CVE-2015-3755 * CVE-2015-5804 * CVE-2015-5805 *
        CVE-2015-5807 * CVE-2015-5810 * CVE-2015-5813 *
        CVE-2015-5814 * CVE-2015-5815 * CVE-2015-5817 *
        CVE-2015-5818 * CVE-2015-5825 * CVE-2015-5827 *
        CVE-2015-5828 * CVE-2015-5929 * CVE-2015-5930 *
        CVE-2015-5931 * CVE-2015-7002 * CVE-2015-7013 *
        CVE-2015-7014 * CVE-2015-7048 * CVE-2015-7095 *
        CVE-2015-7097 * CVE-2015-7099 * CVE-2015-7100 *
        CVE-2015-7102 * CVE-2015-7103 * CVE-2015-7104 For
        further information on the new features, see the [Igalia
        blog
        post](http://blogs.igalia.com/carlosgc/2015/09/21/webkit
        gtk-2-10/). For information on the security
        vulnerabilities, refer to [WebKitGTK+ Security Advisory
        WSA-2015-0002](http://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2015-00
        02.html).
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      # http://blogs.igalia.com/carlosgc/2015/09/21/webkitgtk-2-10/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://blogs.igalia.com/carlosgc/2015/09/21/webkitgtk-2-10/"
      );
      # http://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2015-0002.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2015-0002.html"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176536.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e5712c42"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected webkitgtk4 package."
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:webkitgtk4");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/02/01");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/03/04");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! ereg(pattern:"^22([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 22.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC22", reference:"webkitgtk4-2.10.4-1.fc22")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "webkitgtk4");
    }
    
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_SAFARI8_0_7.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Apple Safari installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 6.2.7 / 7.1.7 / 8.0.7. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A flaw exists in WebKit Page Loading due to the Origin request header being preserved for cross-origin redirects. A remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted web page, to circumvent cross-site request forgery (XSRF) protections. (CVE-2015-3658) - A flaw exists in the WebKit Storage
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id84491
    published2015-07-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/84491
    titleMac OS X : Apple Safari < 6.2.7 / 7.1.7 / 8.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(84491);
      script_version("1.5");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/22");
    
      script_cve_id(
        "CVE-2015-3658",
        "CVE-2015-3659",
        "CVE-2015-3660",
        "CVE-2015-3727"
      );
    
      script_name(english:"Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 6.2.7 / 7.1.7 / 8.0.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the Safari version.");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "The web browser installed on the remote host is affected by multiple
    vulnerabilities.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "The version of Apple Safari installed on the remote Mac OS X host is
    prior to 6.2.7 / 7.1.7 / 8.0.7. It is, therefore, affected by the
    following vulnerabilities :
    
      - A flaw exists in WebKit Page Loading due to the Origin
        request header being preserved for cross-origin
        redirects. A remote attacker can exploit this, via a
        specially crafted web page, to circumvent cross-site
        request forgery (XSRF) protections. (CVE-2015-3658)
    
      - A flaw exists in the WebKit Storage's SQLite authorizer
        due to insufficient comparison. A remote attacker can
        exploit this, via a specially crafted web page, to
        invoke arbitrary SQL functions, resulting in a denial
        of service condition or executing arbitrary code.
        (CVE-2015-3659)
    
      - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in WebKit
        PDF due to improper restrictions, related to JavaScript
        execution, of links embedded in PDF files. A remote
        attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted PDF
        file, to disclose sensitive information from the file
        system, including cookies. (CVE-2015-3660)
    
      - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in WebKit
        due to improper restrictions on renaming WebSQL tables.
        A remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially
        crafted website, to access WebSQL databases belonging to
        other websites. (CVE-2015-3727)");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204950");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "Upgrade to Apple Safari 6.2.7 / 7.1.7 / 8.0.7 or later.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2015-3727");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/06/30");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/06/30");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/07/01");
    
      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:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
    
      script_dependencies("macosx_Safari31.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MacOSX/Version", "MacOSX/Safari/Installed");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    os = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/Version");
    if (!os) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X");
    
    if (!ereg(pattern:"Mac OS X 10\.([89]|10)([^0-9]|$)", string:os)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X 10.8 / 10.9 / 10.10");
    
    get_kb_item_or_exit("MacOSX/Safari/Installed");
    path = get_kb_item_or_exit("MacOSX/Safari/Path", exit_code:1);
    version = get_kb_item_or_exit("MacOSX/Safari/Version", exit_code:1);
    fixed_version = NULL;
    
    if ("10.8" >< os)
      fixed_version = "6.2.7";
    else if ("10.9" >< os)
      fixed_version = "7.1.7";
    else
      fixed_version = "8.0.7";
    
    if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fixed_version, strict:FALSE) == -1)
    {
      set_kb_item(name:'www/0/XSRF', value:TRUE);
      if (report_verbosity > 0)
      {
    
        report =
          '\n  Path              : ' + path +
          '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
          '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fixed_version + '\n';
        security_warning(port:0, extra:report);
      }
      else security_warning(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_INST_PATH_NOT_VULN, "Safari", version, path);
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2016-340.NASL
    descriptionThis update for webkit2gtk3 fixes the following issues : - Update to version 2.10.7 : + Fix the build with GTK+ < 3.16. - Changes from version 2.10.6 : + Fix a deadlock in the Web Process when JavaScript garbage collector was running for a web worker thread that made google maps to hang. + Fix media controls displaying without controls attribute. + Fix a Web Process crash when quickly attempting many DnD operations. - Changes from version 2.10.5 : + Disable DNS prefetch when a proxy is configured. + Reduce the maximum simultaneous network connections to match other browsers. + Make WebKitWebView always propagate motion-notify-event signal. + Add a way to force accelerating compositing mode at runtime using an environment variable. + Fix input elements and scrollbars rendering with GTK+ 3.19. + Fix rendering of lines when using solid colors. + Fix UI process crashes related to not having a main resource response when the load is committed for pages restored from the history cache. + Fix a WebProcess crash when loading large contents with custom URI schemes API. + Fix a crash in the UI process when the WebView is destroyed while the screensaver DBus proxy is being created. + Fix WebProcess crashes due to BadDrawable X errors in accelerated compositing mode. + Fix crashes on PPC64 due to mprotect() on address not aligned to the page size. + Fix std::bad_function_call exception raised in dispatchDecidePolicyForNavigationAction. + Fix downloads of data URLs. + Fix runtime critical warnings when closing a page containing windowed plugins. + Fix several crashes and rendering issues. + Translation updates: French, German, Italian, Turkish. + Security fixes: CVE-2015-7096, CVE-2015-7098. - Update to version 2.10.4, notable changes : + New HTTP disk cache for the Network Process. + New Web Inspector UI. + Automatic ScreenServer inhibition when playing fullscreen videos. + Initial Editor API. + Performance improvements. - This update addresses the following security issues: CVE-2015-1122, CVE-2015-1152, CVE-2015-1155, CVE-2015-3660, CVE-2015-3730, CVE-2015-3738, CVE-2015-3740, CVE-2015-3742, CVE-2015-3744, CVE-2015-3746, CVE-2015-3750, CVE-2015-3751, CVE-2015-3754, CVE-2015-3755, CVE-2015-5804, CVE-2015-5805, CVE-2015-5807, CVE-2015-5810, CVE-2015-5813, CVE-2015-5814, CVE-2015-5815, CVE-2015-5817, CVE-2015-5818, CVE-2015-5825, CVE-2015-5827, CVE-2015-5828, CVE-2015-5929, CVE-2015-5930, CVE-2015-5931, CVE-2015-7002, CVE-2015-7013, CVE-2015-7014, CVE-2015-7048, CVE-2015-7095, CVE-2015-7097, CVE-2015-7099, CVE-2015-7100, CVE-2015-7102, CVE-2015-7103, CVE-2015-7104 - Add BuildRequires: hyphen-devel to pick up hyphenation support. Note this is broken upstream. - Build with -DENABLE_DATABASE_PROCESS=OFF and -DENABLE_INDEXED_DATABASE=OFF to avoid an issue with GCC 4.8.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-03-16
    plugin id89950
    published2016-03-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89950
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : webkit2gtk3 (openSUSE-2016-340)