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.
Published 2009-11-10 19:30:01
Updated 2009-11-17 07:02:58
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Execute code

Threat overview for CVE-2009-2808

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2009-2808
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 548
IPs affected by CVE-2009-2808 94
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2808

0.07%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 27 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2009-2808

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.4
MEDIUM AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
5.5
6.4
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2009-2808

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Products affected by CVE-2009-2808

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