CVE-2009-0942 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-0942

Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5...

Vulnerability Description

Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.7 does not verify that certain Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are located in a registered help book, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a help: URL that triggers invocation of AppleScript files.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mac os x, mac os x server
Vulnerable Versions:
10.4.11, 10.5.0, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5.4, 10.5.5, 10.5.6

Timeline

Official Publish: May 13th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.