CVE - CVE-2009-0942

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-0942	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.7 does not verify that certain Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 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.
References
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html BID:34926 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34926 CERT:TA09-133A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html CONFIRM:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 SECTRACK:1022216 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022216 SECUNIA:35074 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 VUPEN:ADV-2009-1297 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297~~ (Obsolete source) XF:macos-helpviewer-css-code-execution(50485) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50485
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20090318	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20090318)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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