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CVE-2009-2808

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
5.4 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-310
EPSS score
0.6% (50th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2009-2798)
Published
November 10, 2009
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2798 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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