apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.7 Certificates cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.7. This affects an unknown part of the component Certificates. The manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-2843. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in apple Mac OS X up to 10.5.7 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Certificates. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Java for Mac OS X 10.5 before Update 6 and 10.6 before Update 1 accepts expired certificates for applets, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an applet.

The weakness was presented 12/08/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-2843. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43002 (Mac OS X : Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6), 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 116746 (Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 1 (APPLE-SA-2009-12-03-2, APPLE-SA-2009-12-03-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.5.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (43002), SecurityFocus (BID 37206†), Secunia (SA37581†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24269†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 43002
Nessus Name: Mac OS X : Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6
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OpenVAS ID: 102044
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.5.8

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08/17/2009 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-2843 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2843
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51053
SecurityFocus: 37206 - Apple Mac OS X Java Applet Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 37581
Vulnerability Center: 24269 - Apple Mac OS X 10.5-10.5.8 and 10.6-10.6.2 Certificate Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/19/2025 23:06
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (61), 02/17/2017 12:28 (9), 08/28/2021 12:10 (4), 08/28/2021 12:18 (1), 04/19/2025 23:06 (17)
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