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CVE-2009-2072

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.4 Published: 2009-06-15 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Apple Safari does not require a cached certificate before displaying a lock icon for an https web site, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an arbitrary https site by sending the browser a crafted (1) 4xx or (2) 5xx CONNECT response page for an https request sent through a proxy server.

Affected Platforms

Apple Safari

Weakness Type

CWE-287

References