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CVE-2009-1600

Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—

Apple Safari executes DOM calls in response to a javascript: URI in the target attribute of a submit element within a form contained in an inline PDF file, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended Adobe Acrobat JavaScript restrictions on accessing the document object, as demonstrated by a web site that permits PDF uploads by untrusted users, and therefore has a shared document.domain between the web site and this javascript: URI. NOTE: the researcher reports that Adobe's position is "a PDF file is active content."

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Apple — Safari

CWEs

References

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