CVE-2009-2812

Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly recognize an unsafe Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) in an exported document type in a downloaded application, which allows remote attackers to trigger the automatic opening of a file, and execute arbitrary code, via a crafted web site.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.8 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2009-09-14

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Mac Os X (Apple)
• Mac Os X Server (Apple)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
• http://osvdb.org/57954
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36361