CVE-2009-2072 Information

Description

Apple Safari does not require a cached certificate before displaying a lock icon for an https web site which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an arbitrary https site by sending the browser a crafted (1) 4xx or (2) 5xx CONNECT response page for an https request sent through a proxy server.

Reference

http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=79323 http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/79323/pbp-final-with-update.pdf http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35411