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CVE-2010-0044

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Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-0044 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from apple organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-03-15T13:28:25.467

Last Modified

2026-06-16T23:15:18.077

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-16

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	apple	safari	≤ 4.0.4	Yes
Application	apple	safari	4.0	Yes
Application	apple	safari	4.0.0b	Yes
Application	apple	safari	4.0.1	Yes
Application	apple	safari	4.0.2	Yes
Application	apple	safari	4.0.3	Yes

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/62937 ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4070 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38671 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38675 Patch ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56830 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7051 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/62937 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4070 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38671 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38675 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56830 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7051 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For apple's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.