CVE-2009-0011

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-02-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Certificate Assistant in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via unknown vectors related to an "insecure file operation" on a temporary file.

Affected products

macOS: 10.5.6
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.5.6

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/51979
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Feb/1021720.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33759
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48715
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/51979
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Feb/1021720.html

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