CVE-2009-2812

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-09-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly recognize an unsafe Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) in an exported document type in a downloaded application, which allows remote attackers to trigger the automatic opening of a file, and execute arbitrary code, via a crafted web site.

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/57954
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36361
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
http://osvdb.org/57954
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36361

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