CVE-2009-2812

high

Description

Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly recognize an unsafe Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) in an exported document type in a downloaded application, which allows remote attackers to trigger the automatic opening of a file, and execute arbitrary code, via a crafted web site.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36361

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865

http://secunia.com/advisories/36701

http://osvdb.org/57954

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-09-14

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High