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CVE-2009-1710

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1710 describes a spoofing vulnerability in Apple Safari before version 4.0, where remote attackers could manipulate the browser's display of hostnames, security indicators, and other UI elements. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 2.6) required high attack complexity, leveraging a custom cursor and modified CSS3 hotspot property to achieve a partial impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0_betaCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:0.8:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:0.9:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.0:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.0.3:-:mac:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0289 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

applepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
osvdb.org / 55014
secunia.com / advisories/35379
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37746
secunia.com / advisories/43068
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/51263
support.apple.com / kb/HT3613
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1950
securityfocus.com / bid/35260
ExploitPatch
securityfocus.com / bid/35340
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1522
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0212