CVE-2009-2420

MediumCVSS 5.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Apple Safari 3.2.3 does not properly implement the file: protocol handler, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (launch of multiple Windows Explorer instances) via vectors involving an unspecified HTML tag, possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-1703.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 9, 2009
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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