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CVE ID: CVE-2009-2808

Description: Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not use an HTTPS connection to retrieve Apple Help content from a web site, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to send a crafted help:runscript link, and thereby execute arbitrary code, via a spoofed response.

Test IDs: None available

Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2808
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
BugTraq ID: 36956
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184

CVE ID:	CVE-2009-2808
Description:	Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not use an HTTPS connection to retrieve Apple Help content from a web site, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to send a crafted help:runscript link, and thereby execute arbitrary code, via a spoofed response.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2808 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html BugTraq ID: 36956 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184