CVE-2009-2812
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.2% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2802)
- Published
- September 14, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2802 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 / mac os x server
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/57954
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36701(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36361
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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