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CVE-2009-2820

The web interface in CUPS before 1.4.2, as used on Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 and other platforms, does not properly handle (1) HTTP headers and (2) HTML templates, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and HTTP response splitting attacks via vectors related to (a) the product's web interface, (b) the configuration of the print system, and (c) the titles of printed jobs, as demonstrated by an XSS attack that uses the kerberos parameter to the admin program, and leverages attribute injection and HTTP Parameter Pollution (HPP) issues.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2009-2820 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from apple, from apple organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2009, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2009-11-10T19:30:01.217

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	≤ 10.6.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.0.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.0.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.0.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.0.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.0.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.1.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.1.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.1.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.1.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.1.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.1.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.2.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.2.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.2.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.2.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.2.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.2.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.2.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.2.7	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.2.8	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.7	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.8	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.3.9	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.7	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.8	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.9	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.10	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.4.11	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.7	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.8	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	≤ 10.6.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.0.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.0.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.0.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.0.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.0.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.1.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.1.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.1.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.1.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.1.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.1.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.2.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.2.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.2.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.2.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.2.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.2.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.2.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.2.7	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.2.8	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.7	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.8	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.3.9	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.7	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.8	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.9	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.10	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.4.11	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.0	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.1	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.3	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.4	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.5	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.7	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.8	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.6	Yes

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/37308 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/37360 ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021115.1-1 ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L590 ([email protected])
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/relnotes.html ([email protected])
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3367 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:072 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1595.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529833 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9153 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37308 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37360 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021115.1-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L590 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/relnotes.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3367 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:072 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1595.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529833 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9153 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For apple's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.