Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2009-2191
Format string vulnerability in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.8 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in an application name.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.042 (90.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.042 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.5.6, 10.4.11, 10.5
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.4.11, 10.5.5, 10.5.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/36096 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52428 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/56840 (vdb-entry)