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CVE-2009-2812 (GCVE-0-2009-2812)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-09-14 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:07
VLAI
Summary
Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly recognize an unsafe Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) in an exported document type in a downloaded application, which allows remote attackers to trigger the automatic opening of a file, and execute arbitrary code, via a crafted web site.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36361 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://osvdb.org/57954 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2009-09-10 00:00
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