Description
Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 does not use an HTTPS connection to retrieve Apple Help content from a web site, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to send a crafted help:runscript link, and thereby execute arbitrary code, via a spoofed response.
References
- 36956 vdb-entry
- ADV-2009-3184 vdb-entry
- APPLE-SA-2009-11-09-1 vendor-advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937