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.
Published: 2009-11-10
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2798 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.
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Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:07:35.945Z

Reserved: 2009-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2808

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-11-10T19:30:01.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2808

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