PT-2005-2339 · Apple · Help Viewer+1

David Remahl · Published 2005-05-04 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-1337

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apple Help Viewer versions 2.0.7 and 3.0.0 in Mac OS X 10.3.9

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to read and execute arbitrary scripts with less restrictive privileges via a help:// URI.

Recommendations: For Apple Help Viewer version 2.0.7, consider disabling the handling of help:// URIs until a patch is available. For Apple Help Viewer version 3.0.0, restrict access to the help:// URI scheme to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1337

Affected Products

Help Viewer

Macos X

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1337 · Security Note
• http://remahl.se/david/vuln/004 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/May/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory