Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 13, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-0141
CVE-2009-0141
Description
XTerm in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6, when used with luit, creates tty devices with insecure world-writable permissions, which allows local users to write to the Xterm of another user.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 10.4.11, 10.5.6
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
7- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing ListVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Feb/1021729.htmlnvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3438nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/33798nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48727nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- secunia.com/advisories/33937nvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422nvdPermissions Required
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