CVE-2009-2840

medium

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.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-11-10

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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