CVE - CVE-2007-0478

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-0478	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2007-07-31 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html BID:25159 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 BUGTRAQ:20070123 Safari Improperly Parses HTML Documents & BlogSpot XSS vulnerability URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457763/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 MISC:http://www.beanfuzz.com/wordpress/?p=99 OSVDB:32712 URL:http://osvdb.org/32712 SECTRACK:1018494 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1018494 SECUNIA:23893 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23893 SECUNIA:26235 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 VUPEN:ADV-2007-2732 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 XF:safari-html-comment-xss(31846) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31846
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Entry Created
20070124	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070124)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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