Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 Launch Services memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Launch Services. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2009-2812. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Launch Services. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 09/10/2009 with Apple (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-2812. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/30/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40945 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2009-005)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116609 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2009-005 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2009-09-10-2)).

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 (53172), Tenable (40945), SecurityFocus (BID 36361†), OSVDB (57954†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23483†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-47384, VDB-50023, VDB-50020 and VDB-50019. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 40945
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2009-005)
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OpenVAS ID: 102028
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Organization: Apple
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2812 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2812
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50021
X-Force: 53172
SecurityFocus: 36361 - Apple Mac OS X Launch Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 57954 - Apple Mac OS X Launch Services Safe File Extension Matching Bypass
Vulnerability Center: 23483 - Apple Mac OS X 10.5 - 10.5.8 Launch Services UTI Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 03/30/2025 01:58
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (61), 02/14/2017 16:34 (9), 08/22/2021 14:57 (4), 08/22/2021 15:02 (1), 03/30/2025 01:58 (16)
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