CVE-2009-2801 — 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."

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MEDIUM

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."

Published Mar 30, 2010

6.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.82%

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.82% 0.01821

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01821

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 (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.82% (0.01821)	77.97th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.82% (0.01821)	75.87th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.20% (0.00198)	39.82th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.23% (0.00227)	61.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.20% (0.00197)	56.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.17% (0.00167)	52.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.15% (0.00151)	50.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.23% (0.00227)	59.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (1)

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

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 30, 2010

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Aug 17, 2009

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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