HIGH
Certificate Assistant in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via unknown vectors related to an "insecure file operation" on a temporary file
Published Feb 13, 2009
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.29%
Description
Certificate Assistant in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via unknown vectors related to an "insecure file operation" on a temporary file.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 10.5.6
- 10.5.6
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.29% 0.00288
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00288
Score over time
2022-2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 0.29% (0.00288) | 19.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.29% (0.00288) | 20.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00029) | 5.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/51979 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Feb/1021720.html vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33759 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48715 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://osvdb.org/51979 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Feb/1021720.html | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33759 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48715 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 13, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 15, 2008
Link CVE-2009-0011
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a