Title: Apple Safari Windows Installer Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
Apple Safari is a web browser available for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.
Apple Safari is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability because it fails to properly drop permissions the first time it is run. The problem occurs in the compression method used in the installer. A local attacker can exploit this issue by checking the 'launch Safari immediately after installation' option during install.
The attacke may be able to exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges, which may aid in further attacks.
This issue affects versions prior to Safari 4.0 running on Microsoft Windows XP and Vista.
NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 35260 (Apple Safari Prior to 4.0 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been assigned its own record to better document it.
Affected Products:
- Apple Safari 3 Beta for Windows
- Apple Safari 3.0.1 Beta for Windows
- Apple Safari 3.0.2 Beta for Windows
- Apple Safari 3.0.3 Beta for Windows
- Apple Safari 3.0.4 Beta for Windows
- Apple Safari 3.1 for Windows
- Apple Safari 3.1.1 for Windows
- Apple Safari 3.1.2 for Windows
- Apple Safari 3.2.2 for Windows
- Apple Safari 3.2.3 for Windows
- Apple Safari For Windows 3.2.1
References:
- Apple: Apple Safari Homepage
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