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CVE-2009-2808

Published: Nov 10, 2009 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5.4 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2808
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/310.html

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 Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Mac_os_xApple*10.6.1 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.0 (including)10.0 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.0.0 (including)10.0.0 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.0.1 (including)10.0.1 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.0.2 (including)10.0.2 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.0.3 (including)10.0.3 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.0.4 (including)10.0.4 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.1 (including)10.1 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.1.0 (including)10.1.0 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.1.1 (including)10.1.1 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.1.2 (including)10.1.2 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.1.3 (including)10.1.3 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.1.4 (including)10.1.4 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.1.5 (including)10.1.5 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.2 (including)10.2 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.2.0 (including)10.2.0 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.2.1 (including)10.2.1 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.2.2 (including)10.2.2 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.2.3 (including)10.2.3 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.2.4 (including)10.2.4 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.2.5 (including)10.2.5 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.2.6 (including)10.2.6 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.2.7 (including)10.2.7 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.2.8 (including)10.2.8 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.3 (including)10.3 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.3.0 (including)10.3.0 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.3.1 (including)10.3.1 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.3.2 (including)10.3.2 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.3.3 (including)10.3.3 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.3.4 (including)10.3.4 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.3.5 (including)10.3.5 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.3.6 (including)10.3.6 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.3.7 (including)10.3.7 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.3.8 (including)10.3.8 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.3.9 (including)10.3.9 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.4 (including)10.4 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.4.0 (including)10.4.0 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.4.1 (including)10.4.1 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.4.2 (including)10.4.2 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.4.3 (including)10.4.3 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.4.4 (including)10.4.4 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.4.5 (including)10.4.5 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.4.6 (including)10.4.6 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.4.7 (including)10.4.7 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.4.8 (including)10.4.8 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.4.9 (including)10.4.9 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.4.10 (including)10.4.10 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.4.11 (including)10.4.11 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.5 (including)10.5 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.5.0 (including)10.5.0 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.5.1 (including)10.5.1 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.5.2 (including)10.5.2 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.5.3 (including)10.5.3 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.5.4 (including)10.5.4 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.5.5 (including)10.5.5 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.5.6 (including)10.5.6 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.5.7 (including)10.5.7 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.5.8 (including)10.5.8 (including)
Mac_os_xApple10.6 (including)10.6 (including)

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