CVE-2008-1589

Safari on iPhone and iPod touch < 2.0 - Certificate Validation Bypass via Menu Button Press

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Safari on Apple iPhone before 2.0 and iPod touch before 2.0 misinterprets a menu button press as user confirmation for visiting a web site with a (1) self-signed or (2) invalid certificate, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof web sites.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43734
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30186
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_jvn
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN88676089/index.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_jvndb
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000039.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31074

Scores

EPSS 0.0121
EPSS Percentile 65.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
apple/safari
Published Jul 14, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026