Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2009-2840
Spotlight in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly handle temporary files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files in the context of a different user's privileges via unspecified vectors.
EPSS: 0.003 (27.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Apple Mac_os_x — versions 10.5.8
- Apple Mac_os_x_server — versions 10.5.8
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)