CVE-2009-0141
Apple Mac OS X XTerm luit TTY Privilege Escalation
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 13, 2009, 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | LOW | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Install Security Update 2009-001 or later.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2009-0141.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-0141 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-0141
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2009-0141 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2009-0141 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Feb/1021729.html Added Reference http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33798 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48727 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 25, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html Vendor Advisory http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Feb/1021729.html No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Feb/1021729.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 No Types Assigned http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33798 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33798 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 Permissions Required Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48727 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48727 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Removed CWE NIST CWE-264 Added CWE NIST CWE-732 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48727 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48727 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 08, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33759 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33798 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2009
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.5
Base CVSS Score: 2.1
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.05 }} -0.00%
score
0.11391
percentile