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CVE-2009-2808

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues
Publication date:
10/11/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not use an HTTPS connection to retrieve Apple Help content from a web site, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to send a crafted help:runscript link, and thereby execute arbitrary code, via a spoofed response.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.6.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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