Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3 Help Viewer cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Help Viewer. The manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-2808. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Help Viewer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was shared 11/10/2009 by Nicolas Joly with Vmware (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-2808 since 08/17/2009. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42434 (Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 116692 (Apple Mac OS X 10.6.2 and Security Update 2009-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54203), Tenable (42434), SecurityFocus (BID 36956†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24554†). The entries VDB-4059, VDB-41033, VDB-40807 and VDB-50781 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Remote: Partially

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 42434
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102038
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.4

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Researcher: Nicolas Joly
Organization: Vmware
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-2808 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2808
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50759
X-Force: 54203
SecurityFocus: 36956 - RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2009-006 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 24554 - Apple Mac OS X \x3C 10.6.2 Help Viewer Man-In-The-Middle Vulnerability via Crafted help:runscript Link, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-3184

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 06/02/2025 07:56
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (59), 02/20/2017 08:17 (14), 08/27/2021 12:13 (3), 06/02/2025 07:56 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:BAA:103

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