VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-2808

CVSS score5.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-11-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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