VulnerabilityModified
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 local users to write to the Xterm of another user.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.30%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.30% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/mac os x server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937Broken Link
- http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Feb/1021729.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33798Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422Permissions Required
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48727Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937Broken Link
- http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Feb/1021729.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33798Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422Permissions Required
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48727Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.