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CVE-2009-2808

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CVE-2009-2808

Published: Nov 10, 2009

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

36956
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
ADV-2009-3184
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
APPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1
vendor-advisory
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