CVE-2008-0060 (GCVE-0-2008-0060)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-18 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:32
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Applescript via a help:topic_list URL that injects HTML or JavaScript into a topic list page, as demonstrated using a help:runscript link.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
9 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924… | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019657 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28371 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE |
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2008-03-18 00:00
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