PT-2009-3528 · Apple · Macos X

Brian Mastenbrook · Published 2009-05-13 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-0942

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions 10.4.11 through 10.5.6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a help: URL that triggers invocation of AppleScript files, due to the Help Viewer not verifying that certain Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are located in a registered help book.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions 10.4.11 through 10.5.6, update to version 10.5.7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0942

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 9

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0942 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50485 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022216 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/34926 · Note