CVE-2009-2810

critical

Description

Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.2 recursively clears quarantine information upon opening a quarantined folder, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a quarantined application that does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-11-10

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01581