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CVE-2009-0141

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…

Published 17 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 23%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.30% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.15.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD2.02.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/48727 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/33798 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33937 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • support.apple.com /kb/HT3438 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.apple.com /archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2009/0422 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /alerts/2009/Feb/1021729.html · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

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