CVE-2009-2840
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 0.3%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch
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
NVD-CWE-Other
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