CVE-2009-2840 | BDVDB-2026-39241 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12009-11-10Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.