Medium 5.4Published Nov 10, 2009

CVE-2009-2808Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not use an HTTPS connection to retrieve Apple Help content from a web site, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to send a crafted help:runscript…

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Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not use an HTTPS connection to retrieve Apple Help content from a web site, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to send a crafted help:runscript link, and thereby execute arbitrary code, via a spoofed response.

CVSS: 5.4 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-310
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	through 10.6.1; 10.0; 10.0.0; 10.0.1; 10.0.2; 10.0.3; 10.0.4; 10.1; and 51 more ranges	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	through 10.6.1; 10.0; 10.0.0; 10.0.1; 10.0.2; 10.0.3; 10.0.4; 10.1; and 51 more ranges	NVD

References

References

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

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