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CVE-2009-2840

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.

  • Published: Nov 10, 2009
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2009-2840
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.9
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
apple / mac_os_x 10.5.8 10.5.8.x
apple / mac_os_x_server 10.5.8 10.5.8.x