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CVE-2009-2811
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
Medium6.8EPSS 3.3%
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- mitre
Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .fileloc file, which does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message in the Quarantine feature.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 12% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- APPLE-SA-2009-09-10-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 57953 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36701 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 36360 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- macosx-launchservices-code-execution(53171) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .