CVE-2009-2801

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-03-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Application Firewall in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 drops unspecified firewall rules after a reboot, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via packet data, related to a "timing issue."

Affected products

macOS: 10.5.8
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.5.8

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html

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