CVE-2009-1723

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-08-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

macOS: 10.5.6, 10.5, 10.5.0, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.2-2008-002 (+4)
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.5, 10.5.0, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5.4 (+3)

References

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

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