CVE-2009-0141 describes a vulnerability in XTerm on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6, specifically when used with luit. This flaw causes tty devices to be created with insecure world-writable permissions, enabling local users to write to another user's Xterm session. Rated 5.5 MEDIUM, the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high integrity impacts by allowing unauthorized modification of another user's terminal output. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.