Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.7 does not verify that HTML pathnames are located in a registered help book, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a help: URL that triggers invocation of AppleScript files.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-0940 Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.7 does not verify that HTML pathnames are located in a registered help book, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a help: URL that triggers invocation of AppleScript files.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:57:16.799Z

Reserved: 2009-03-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-0943

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-05-13T15:30:00.547

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-0943

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