Advisory Details

June 8th, 2010

Apple Webkit CSS Charset Text Transformation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-10-093
ZDI-CAN-765

CVE ID CVE-2010-1770
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS Apple
AFFECTED PRODUCTS WebKit
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['9858']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple Safari's Webkit. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within Webkit's support of character sets. If the IBM1147 character set is applied to a particular element and that element has a text transformation applied to it, the application will attempt to access an object that doesn't exist in order to perform the transformation. Successful exploitation will lead to code execution under the context of the web-browser.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4196
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2010-05-03 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2010-06-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT wushi of team509
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