CVE-2005-2522 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Safari in WebKit in Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.4.2 directly accesses URLs within PDF files without the normal security checks, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via links in a PDF file.

Published: 2005-08-19

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: 2.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2523	Safari in WebKit in Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.4.2 directly accesses URLs within PDF files without the normal security checks, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via links in a PDF file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02862.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/420316
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X Safari

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-08-19T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:36:02.017Z

Reserved: 2005-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2522

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-08-19T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2522

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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