CVE-2009-2811

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-09-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .fileloc file, which does not trigger a "potentially unsafe" warning message in the Quarantine feature.

Affected products

macOS: 10.5.8
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.5.8

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
http://osvdb.org/57953
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36360
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53171
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
http://osvdb.org/57953
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36360
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53171

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