CVE-2009-2808

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…

published November 10, 2009

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
48.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00614 · 48.4th percentile
Published
2009-11-10T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 NOV 19:00Z
    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…
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