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CVE-2009-1699

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2009-06-10 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The XSL stylesheet implementation in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.2.1 does not properly handle XML external entities, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DTD, as demonstrated by a file:///etc/passwd URL in an entity declaration, related to an "XXE attack."

Affected Platforms

Opensuse OpensuseApple SafariApple Iphone OsCanonical Ubuntu Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-611

References