CVE - CVE-2009-2812

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-2812	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2009-09-10-2 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html BID:36361 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36361 CONFIRM:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 OSVDB:57954 URL:~~http://osvdb.org/57954~~ (Obsolete source) SECUNIA:36701 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20090817	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 (20090817)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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