CVE-2009-2808
N/A
Published: November 10, 2009 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendormacOSMac OS X Server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 10.6.110.010.0.010.0.110.0.210.0.310.0.410.110.1.010.1.110.1.210.1.310.1.410.1.510.210.2.010.2.110.2.210.2.310.2.410.2.510.2.610.2.710.2.810.310.3.010.3.110.3.210.3.310.3.410.3.510.3.610.3.710.3.810.3.910.410.4.010.4.110.4.1010.4.1110.4.210.4.310.4.410.4.510.4.610.4.710.4.810.4.910.510.5.010.5.110.5.210.5.310.5.410.5.510.5.610.5.710.5.810.6
v ≤ 10.6.110.010.0.010.0.110.0.210.0.310.0.410.110.1.010.1.110.1.210.1.310.1.410.1.510.210.2.010.2.110.2.210.2.310.2.410.2.510.2.610.2.710.2.810.310.3.010.3.110.3.210.3.310.3.410.3.510.3.610.3.710.3.810.3.910.410.4.010.4.110.4.1010.4.1110.4.210.4.310.4.410.4.510.4.610.4.710.4.810.4.910.510.5.010.5.110.5.210.5.310.5.410.5.510.5.610.5.710.5.810.6
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-310
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