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CVE-2009-2027

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2027 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Installer component of Apple Safari for Windows, affecting versions prior to 4.0. A local attacker could exploit this by selecting an immediate application launch post-installation, leveraging an unspecified compression method. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.2:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:3.0.3:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.1%
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 20th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

applepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/51290
support.apple.com / kb/HT3613
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/35339