Medium 4.3Published Aug 6, 2009

CVE-2009-1723CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 places an incorrect URL in a certificate warning in certain 302 redirection scenarios, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into v…

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CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 places an incorrect URL in a certificate warning in certain 302 redirection scenarios, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick a user into visiting an arbitrary https web site by leveraging an open redirect vulnerability, a different issue than CVE-2009-2062.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.5.6; 10.5; 10.5.0; 10.5.1; 10.5.2; 10.5.2; 10.5.3; 10.5.4; and 3 more ranges	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	10.5; 10.5.0; 10.5.1; 10.5.2; 10.5.3; 10.5.4; 10.5.5; 10.5.6; and 1 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html	patch, vendor-advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
http://osvdb.org/56846
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096	vendor-advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757	patch, vendor-advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954	patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html	us-government-resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172	patch, vendor-advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52418

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