CVE-2008-1005
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
WebCore, as used in Apple Safari before 3.1, does not properly mask the password field when reverse conversion is used with the Kotoeri input method, which allows physically proximate attackers to read the password.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1016)
- Published
- March 19, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1016 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307563
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29393
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28290
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28326
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019656
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0920/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41329
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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