CVE-2005-2516 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Safari in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2, when rendering Rich Text Format (RTF) files, can directly access URLs without performing the normal security checks, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01074.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Mac Os X Safari

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.2:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2517	Safari in Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.2, when rendering Rich Text Format (RTF) files, can directly access URLs without performing the normal security checks, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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/709220
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-229A.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:36:16.527Z

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

Link: CVE-2005-2516

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-2516

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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