PT-2009-5171 · Apple · Macos X

Published 2009-11-10 · Updated 2009-11-17 · CVE-2009-2810

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 10.6.0 through 10.6.1

Description The issue allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a quarantined application that does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message. This occurs because Launch Services in Mac OS X recursively clears quarantine information upon opening a quarantined folder.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions 10.6.0 through 10.6.1, update to version 10.6.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2810

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 5

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2810 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/36956 · Patch
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 · Note