CVE-2009-2197
Apple Safari before 9.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the user interface via a web page that...
Apple Safari before 9.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the user interface via a web page that places text in a crafted context, leading to unintended use of that text within a Safari dialog.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Apple Safari before 9.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the user interface via a web page that places text in a crafted context, leading to unintended use of that text within a Safari dialog.
- Record
CVE-2009-2197- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-19
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Apple Safari before 9.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the user interface via a web page that places text in a crafted context, leading to unintended use of that text within a Safari dialog.
- Record
CVE-2009-2197- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-2193 No score
Apple Safari before 9.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the user interface via a web page that places text in a crafted context, leading to unintended use of that text within a Safari dialog.
- Record
EUVD-2009-2193- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h555-7qwc-mr94
Apple Safari before 9.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the user interface via a web page that...
Apple Safari before 9.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the user interface via a web page that places text in a crafted context, leading to unintended use of that text within a Safari dialog.
- Record
GHSA-h555-7qwc-mr94- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-2197 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Apple Safari, published March 24, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.42%, the 72nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.