CVE-2009-1699
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-611
- EPSS score
- 29.1% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1694)
- Published
- June 10, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1694 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / iphone os
- apple / safari
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html(Broken Link, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html(Mailing List)
- http://osvdb.org/54972(Broken Link)
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2009-006.html(Exploit)
- http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/06/apples-safari-4-fixes-local-file-theft.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068(Broken Link)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260(Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35321(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-857-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621(Broken Link)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212(Broken Link)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8907(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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