CVE-2009-1042
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.7%EU EUVD
Unspecified vulnerability in Apple Safari on Mac OS X 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors triggered by clicking on a link, as demonstrated by Nils during a PWN2OWN competition at CanSecWest 2009.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 4.7% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1043)
- Published
- March 23, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1043 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- apple / safari
References
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2934
- http://cansecwest.com/index.html
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/02/25/pwn2own-2009
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2009/03/18/pwn2own-2009-day-1---safari-internet-explorer-and-firefox-taken-down-by-four-zero-day-exploits
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10199652-83.html
- http://osvdb.org/52888
- http://twitter.com/tippingpoint1/status/1351485521
- http://www.h-online.com/security/Pwn2Own-2009-Safari-IE-8-and-Firefox-exploited--/news/112889
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34183
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021879
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49388
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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