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CVE-2008-1589
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…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.2%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- ipod-iphone-certificate-info-disclosure(43734) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30186 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- JVN#88676089 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-07-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2094 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- JVNDB-2008-000039 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
- 31074 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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