CVE-2009-2808

MediumCVSS 5.4/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.4/10AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-310

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 10, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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