CVE-2009-2840

Severity

49%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

115%

Spotlight in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly handle temporary files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files in the context of a different user's privileges via unspecified vectors.

Spotlight in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly handle temporary files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files in the context of a different user's privileges via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N).

Overview

Type

Apple Mac OS X

First reported 15 years ago

2009-11-10 19:30:00

Last updated 15 years ago

2009-11-17 07:03:00

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-2009-11-09-1

Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937

Patch, Vendor Advisory

36956

Patch

ADV-2009-3184

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