CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Operating System). This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was released 11/10/2009 by Nicolas Joly with Vmware (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-2840. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/27/2021).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42433 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2009-006)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54202) and Tenable (42433). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 50780, 50779, 50778 and 50777.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2
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VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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Class: UnknownCWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 42433
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2009-006)
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OpenVAS ID: 102038
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
08/17/2009 🔍11/09/2009 🔍
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03/18/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Nicolas Joly
Organization: Vmware
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2840 (🔍)
X-Force: 54202
Vulnerability Center: 24573 - Apple Mac OS X \x3C\x3D 10.5.8 Spotlight Vulnerability Allows Local Attackers to Overwrite Arbitrary Files, Medium
SecurityFocus: 36956 - RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2009-006 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/18/2015 15:15Updated: 08/27/2021 15:42
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (54), 02/20/2017 09:57 (11), 08/27/2021 15:36 (4), 08/27/2021 15:42 (1)
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