CVE-2009-2841 Server-side request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can trigger sub-resource requests to arbitrary sites via crafted HTML media elements, potentially confirming email reads or probing internal networks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-2841?
CVE-2009-2841 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Apple Safari, published on 13 Nov 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The HTMLMediaElement::loadResource function in html/HTMLMediaElement.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r49480, as used in Apple Safari before 4.0.4 on Mac OS X, does not perform the expected callbacks for HTML 5 media elements that have external URLs for media resources, which allows remote attackers to trigger sub-resource requests to arbitrary web sites via a crafted HTML document, as demonstrated by an HTML e-mail message that uses a media element for X-Confirm-Reading-To functionality, aka rdar problem 7271202.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2841?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Safari.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2841?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2841 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2009-2841 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2841 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rrp5-fpqr-wrqg.