CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0514

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Apple Safari allows remote attackers to bypass intended cookie access restrictions on a web application via "%2e%2e" (encoded dot dot) directory traversal sequences in a URL, which causes Safari to send the cookie outside the specified URL subsets.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may gain access to application cookies, potentially leading to session hijacking or other attacks on the application running on the same server.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Safari to the latest version and implement additional security measures at the application level to restrict cookie access.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Apple Safari allows remote attackers to bypass intended cookie access restrictions on a web application via "%2e%2e" (encoded dot dot) directory traversal sequences in a URL, which causes Safari to send the cookie outside the specified URL subsets, e.g. to a vulnerable application that runs on the same server as the target application.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS