XTerm in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6, when used with luit, creates tty devices with insecure world-writable permissions, which allows local users to write to the Xterm of another user
Published Feb 13, 2009
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.30%
Description
XTerm in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6, when used with luit, creates tty devices with insecure world-writable permissions, which allows local users to write to the Xterm of another user.
Affected products
No data.
- 10.4.11
- 10.5.6
- 10.4.11
- 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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 1, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00304) | 20.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00304) | 21.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00047) | 11.72th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Feb/1021729.html vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33798 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions Required
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48727 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link | |
| http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Feb/1021729.html | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33798 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions Required | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48727 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
Change history (0)
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