CVE-2009-2840

2009-11-1019:30:01

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

spotlight

apple

mac os x

cve-2009-2840

security

file handling

privilege escalation

CVSS2

4.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

AI Score

6.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

applemac_os_xMatch10.5.8

applemac_os_x_serverMatch10.5.8

VendorProductVersionCPE
applemac_os_x10.5.8cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
applemac_os_x_server10.5.8cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*