Apple Mac OS X Launch Services Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	36987
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2009-2810
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 09 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 11 2009 08:56PM
Credit:	Apple
Vulnerable:	Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.1 Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.6
Not Vulnerable:	Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.6.2

Apple Mac OS X Launch Services Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X is prone to a remote security-bypass vulnerability that affects the Launch Services API.

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a user to download a malicious file and launch it without being warned. Successful exploits may bypass the security feature that displays a warning dialog box before executing malicious files from the quarantined directory.

This issue affects the following:

Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.6.1
Mac OS X Server 10.6 and 10.6.1

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 36956 (Apple Mac OS X 2009-006 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been assigned its own record to better document it.

Apple Mac OS X Launch Services Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Apple Mac OS X Launch Services Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and updates. Please see the references for details.


Apple Mac OS X 10.6

• Apple MacOSXUpdCombo10.6.2.dmg
  For Mac OS X v10.6
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6

• Apple MacOSXServerUpdCombo10.6.2.dmg
  For Mac OS X Server v10.6
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.6.1

• Apple MacOSXServerUpd10.6.2.dmg
  For Mac OS X Server v10.6.1
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X 10.6.1

• Apple MacOSXUpd10.6.2.dmg
  For Mac OS X v10.6.1
  http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

Apple Mac OS X Launch Services Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability

References:

• Mac OS X Homepage (Apple)