CVE-2009-2201

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 2009-09-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The screensharing feature in the Admin application in Apple Xsan before 2.2 places a cleartext username and password in a URL within an error dialog, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain credentials by reading this dialog.

Affected products

Apple Xsan: through 2.1.1; 1.0, 1.2, 1.3

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00005.html
http://osvdb.org/58133
http://secunia.com/advisories/36673
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3797
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36385
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022904
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2644
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53232
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00005.html
http://osvdb.org/58133
http://secunia.com/advisories/36673
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3797

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