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CVE-2009-2420

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.8 Published: 2009-07-09 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Apple Safari

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References