CVE-2009-2840 - Spotlight in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly handle temporary files, which allows local user

CVE-2009-2840

Summary

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.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	4.9 (as of 17-11-2009 - 07:03)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	COMPLETE	NONE

cvss-vector via4

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

refmap via4

apple	APPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1
bid	36956
confirm	http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
vupen	ADV-2009-3184

Last major update

17-11-2009 - 07:03

Published

10-11-2009 - 19:30

Last modified

17-11-2009 - 07:03