PT-2009-5169 · Apple · Macos X

Brian Mastenbrook · Published 2009-11-10 · Updated 2009-11-17 · CVE-2009-2808

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.6.2

Description The issue concerns the Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X, which does not use a secure HTTPS connection to retrieve content from a website. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to send a crafted help:runscript link, potentially executing arbitrary code via a spoofed response.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.6.2, update to version 10.6.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2808

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 5

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/36956 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2808 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 · Note