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CVE-2009-0141

16
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33937
Broken Link
securitytracker.com / alerts/2009/Feb/1021729.html
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/48727
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.apple.com / kb/HT3438
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/33798
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0422
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