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CVE-2010-3813

The WebCore::HTMLLinkElement::process function in WebCore/html/HTMLLinkElement.cpp in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 5.0.3 on Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.6 and Windows, and before 4.1.3 on Mac OS X 10.4; webkitgtk before 1.2.6; and possibly other products does not verify whether DNS prefetching is enabled when processing an HTML LINK element, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, as demonstrated by an HTML e-mail message that uses a LINK element for X-Confirm-Reading-To functionality.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-3813 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 7 products from apple, from apple, from apple and 4 others, 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

2010-11-22T13:00:18.693

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	apple	safari	≤ 5.0.2	Yes
Application	apple	safari	5.0	Yes
Application	apple	safari	5.0.1	Yes
Application	apple	webkit	*	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.0	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.1	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.2	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.3	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.4	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.5	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.6	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.7	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.8	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.6.0	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.6.1	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.6.2	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.6.3	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.6.4	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.6.5	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.0	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.1	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.2	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.3	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.4	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.5	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.6	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.7	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.8	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.6.0	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.6.1	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.6.2	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.6.3	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.6.4	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.6.5	No
Operating System	microsoft	windows_7	*	No
Operating System	microsoft	windows_vista	*	No
Operating System	microsoft	windows_xp	*	No
Application	apple	safari	≤ 4.1.2	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.0	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.0	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.0	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.0.0	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.0.0b1	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.0.0b2	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.0.1	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.0.2	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.0.3	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.0.3	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.0.3	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.1	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.1.0	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.1.1	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.2	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.2.0	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.2.1	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.2.2	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.2.3	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.2.4	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.2.5	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.3	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.3.0	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.3.1	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.3.2	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.3.2	Yes
Application	apple	safari	1.3.2	Yes
Application	apple	safari	2	Yes
Application	apple	safari	2.0	Yes
Application	apple	safari	2.0.0	Yes
Application	apple	safari	2.0.1	Yes
Application	apple	safari	2.0.2	Yes
Application	apple	safari	2.0.3	Yes
Application	apple	safari	2.0.3	Yes
Application	apple	safari	2.0.3	Yes
Application	apple	safari	2.0.3	Yes
Application	apple	safari	2.0.3	Yes
Application	apple	safari	2.0.4	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.0	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.0.0	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.0.0b	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.0.1	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.0.1b	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.0.2	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.0.2b	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.0.3	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.0.3b	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.0.4	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.0.4b	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.1.0	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.1.0b	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.1.1	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.1.2	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.2.0	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.2.1	Yes
Application	apple	safari	3.2.2	Yes
Application	apple	safari	4.1	Yes
Application	apple	safari	4.1.1	Yes
Application	apple	webkit	*	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.0	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.1	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.2	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.3	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.4	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.5	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.6	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.7	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.8	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.9	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.10	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.11	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.0	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.1	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.2	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.3	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.4	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.5	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.6	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.7	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.8	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.9	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.10	No
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.11	No

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00002.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/43086 ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4455 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456 ([email protected])
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/63622 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552 ([email protected])
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42500 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667024 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12293 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00002.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00003.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42314 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43086 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4455 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4456 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/63622 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3046 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42500 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=667024 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12293 (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.