CVE-2008-2309

medium

Description

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in CoreTypes in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) .xht or (2) .xhtm file, which does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message in (a) the Download Validation feature in Mac OS X 10.4 or (b) the Quarantine feature in Mac OS X 10.5.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/30802

http://securitytracker.com/id?1020391

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30018

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43493

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2008-07-01

Updated: 2017-08-08

Type: CWE-264

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM