Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2009-0943

Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.7 does not verify that HTML pathnames are located in a registered help book, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a help: URL that triggers invocation of AppleScript files.

  • Published: May 13, 2009
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2009-0943
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
apple / mac_os_x_server 10.5.2 10.5.2.x
apple / mac_os_x 10.5.6 10.5.6.x
apple / mac_os_x_server 10.4.11 10.4.11.x
apple / mac_os_x 10.5.5 10.5.5.x
apple / mac_os_x_server 10.5.5 10.5.5.x
apple / mac_os_x 10.5.1 10.5.1.x
apple / mac_os_x_server 10.5.1 10.5.1.x
apple / mac_os_x_server 10.5.6 10.5.6.x
apple / mac_os_x 10.5.3 10.5.3.x
apple / mac_os_x 10.5.0 10.5.0.x
apple / mac_os_x_server 10.5.0 10.5.0.x
apple / mac_os_x_server 10.5.3 10.5.3.x
apple / mac_os_x_server 10.5.4 10.5.4.x
apple / mac_os_x 10.5.2 10.5.2.x
apple / mac_os_x 10.4.11 10.4.11.x
apple / mac_os_x 10.5.4 10.5.4.x