CVE-2009-2812

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly recognize an unsafe Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) in an exported document type in a downloaded application, which allows remote attackers to trigger the automatic opening of a file, and execute arbitrary code, via a crafted web site.

Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly recognize an unsafe Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) in an exported document type in a downloaded application, which allows remote attackers to trigger the automatic opening of a file, and execute arbitrary code, via a crafted web site.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Apple Mac OS X

First reported 15 years ago

2009-09-14 16:30:00

Last updated 12 years ago

2012-10-23 03:09:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8

10.5.8

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.8

10.5.8

References

APPLE-SA-2009-09-10-2

Patch, Vendor Advisory

57954

36701

Vendor Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865

Vendor Advisory

36361

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