CVE-2015-5828
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
The API in the WebKit Plug-ins component in Apple Safari before 9 does not provide notification of an HTTP Redirection (aka 3xx) status code to a plugin, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended request restrictions via a crafted web site.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple | safari | {"endIncluding":"8.0.8"} | |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00054.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79707
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033688
- https://support.apple.com/HT205265
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00054.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79707
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033688
- https://support.apple.com/HT205265
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.