Vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X
CVE-2009-0141
XTerm in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6, when used with luit, creates tty devices with insecure world-writable permissions, which allows local users to write to the Xterm of another user.
EPSS: 0.003 (22.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Apple Mac_os_x — versions 10.4.11, 10.5.6
- Apple Mac_os_x_server — versions 10.4.11, 10.5.6
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-0141?
- CVE-2009-0141 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2009-02-13.
- How severe is CVE-2009-0141?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.