CVE-2009-2840

MediumCVSS 4.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.9/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

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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CVE-2009-2840: Medium severity, CVSS 4.9 | Vulnix